Is it just me or do the public comments made by Bender seem childish and lacking professional discretion?

Who knows, maybe the Classmate could've been the successor to the XO, or at least helped open the way. The idea behind the XO is a good one, but I think having something that's a bit more standard fare among computers (at least having a few more features) sounds like it could benefit the OLPC program. I do think going with AMD is still a better option as for pricing goes, plus with their acquisition of ATI and the fact that they're working on a unified CPU/GPU (something Intel had worked on, but never completed) could make the next generation OLPC laptop more capable.

Mind you, I'm not a tech professional or anything like that, so I don't really know what all Intel could bring to the table - or take away now that they've left. Just offering my thoughts.

With or without Intel, I hope the OLPC program is able to continue and hopefully offer computers that can do more for those who want them, leading the way to better hardware and software for anyone who can make use of them.

I'm with RDunn. It sure seems wrong to me that Intel would indeed sabotage such a noble cause. I mean why? A Bah from me as well....