The XO

Chairman of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project Nicholas Negroponte weighed in on OLPC's recent split from Intel.

Though earlier reports said the split stemmed from OLPC wanting Intel to drop similar projects, namely, its Classmate PC, Negroponte claimed Intel was going behind its back, reports Engadget.

"They were selling laptops with their brand on it directly to exactly the same people we were talking to. They would go in even after we had signed contracts and try to persuade government officials to scrap their contract and sign a contract with them instead. That's not a partnership."

One advantage that Intel's Classmate has over OLPC's XO laptop is the ability to run Windows. However, Microsoft and OLPC just announced that they are developing a dual-boot XO system that can run both Linux and Windows XP.