Negroponte said the lawsuit is without merit, because OLPC uses a keyboard programming technique developed in 1996, long before the Nigerian patent was filed.

The founder of Lagos Analysis Corp., Ade Oyegbola, was convicted of bank fraud in Boston in 1990 and served a year in prison.

Source: http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/12/01/one_laptop_per_child_orders_surge/

Suing Nicholas will cause their patent to be invalidated.
All his needed is a good lawer. Ha!

Thank you Nicholas for doing this for the sake of humanity.

Like the guy said, “why do we need laptops when we don’t have chairs to sit in?”

Computers don’t achieve social change.”

Of course everyone knows chairs achieve social change.
Unfortunatly chairs cannot be made just anywhere, they need to be manufactured in factories in locations with extremly low pay scales.

My grandfather has this weird story where he claims chairs were once made from wood, not plastic. I had to report him to the anti-corparation police for his anti-plastic retoric.

Like the guy said, “why do we need laptops when we don’t have chairs to sit in?”

Computers don’t achieve social change.