Surely it's not that hard to make the machine capable of running either XP *or* Linux? If he's insisting on 3 different form-factors in the same machine he should be able to allow 2 different OSes... :)

The previous GOGO program dried up when Mr. Negroponte killed the "Open Source, Freedom, they can actually learn how computers work" scenario by making it just another Windoze-XP laptop.

Many, many people who bought OLPC's feel betrayed, and I think they're justified. It's been turned into just another "Hook 'em while they're young, and they'll be addicted for life" Windoze for kids giveaway.

He tricked these people once, but now they're ANGRY and unlikely to be suckered by his hand-waving and feel-good platitudes again. They're gonna want specifics, because he's now just another MS-monopoly-serving hardware vendor. Maybe even LESS honest than most of the others.