print versionIntel announced today it is giving 2500 Classmate PC to schools in Russia in terms of Intel World Ahead program. Another 500 arriving at Ukrainian schools and 300 at schools in Kazakhstan.
Last year Intel was seeking Russian government's support for another part of its global initiative, targeting school teachers. Its educational program on how to use technology in study process was presented in June 2006 at the economy forum in St.-Petersbourg. At the same time Intel's ground in Russia was attacked by AMD, which claimed its competitor doubled governmental expends on hardware ever purchased for federal needs.
With 1 mln Asus Eee PC bought for Russian schools last year by Deripaska's charity fund, Intel's Classmate PC action might be either a miserable PR effort or a give-2500-get-a-federal-order demo.
