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OLPC Gets 419'd In Nigeria

The One Laptop Per Child Project is being patent trolled for $20 million by some Intel-linked Nigerian company. It sucks to do business in the world’s most corrupt nations, but there you go. The real question of course, is who has made the best "Nigerian Spam" joke at OLPC maker Nicholas Negroponte’s expense. The answer […]

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The One Laptop Per Child Project is being patent trolled for $20 million by some Intel-linked Nigerian company. It sucks to do business in the world's most corrupt nations, but there you go. The real question of course, is who has made the best "Nigerian Spam" joke at OLPC maker Nicholas Negroponte's expense. The answer is Valleywag.

"I HEREBY REQUEST YOUR HELP AND ASSISTANCE TO HELP SEND ME TRANSFER THIS
US$20,000,000.00(TWENTY MILLION, UNITED STATES DOLLARS) INTO OUR
COUNTRY SO THAT WE WORK TOGETHER AND INVEST THE MONEY IN A LUCRATIVE
BUSINESS IN OUR COUNTRY."

Anyone old (and British) enough to remember when Tony Blair used to play the song "Things Can Only Get Better" at campaign rallies?

One Laptop Per Child sued in Nigerian court [Valleywag]