The last line of the quote sounds menacing.  New partnerships? I really hope that the announcement is going to cause any real drama.  But if it does, I suppose it's best to do it now, and work our way out of both controversies. But I am very very glad to see that the current XO (or even XO1.5) is going to be in production as-is for the next few years.  I'm rather fond of my little green machine. Seth <div class="gmail_quote"> On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 1:28 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <<a href="mailto:tomeu@tomeuvizoso.net">tomeu@tomeuvizoso.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/16/arts/design19.php" target="_blank">http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/16/arts/design19.php</a> "The plans for the new design, the XOXO (or XO 2), are to be unveiled Tuesday. Scheduled for introduction in 2010, it will be a tablet computer that several kids can use at once, and will combine the functions of a laptop, electronic book and electronic board. Negroponte describes it as "a totally new concept for learning devices" and hopes to sell it for $75 in 2010. OLPC's former chief technology officer, Mary Lou Jepsen, intends to sell the laptops she's now developing for her start-up company, Pixel Qi, for $75, too." "All of the lessons learned from using the XO have been applied to the development of the XOXO tablet computer, and to an interim model, the XO 1.5, which is to be introduced in spring next year. Negroponte says that it will be "faster, brighter, cheaper and even less power-demanding," and that OLPC is soon to announce new partnerships, which should speed up its progress." Regards, Tomeu _______________________________________________ Olpc-open mailing list <a href="mailto:Olpc-open@lists.laptop.org">Olpc-open@lists.laptop.org</a> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open</a> </blockquote></div>