We were caught up in the OLPC project and bought one in the original buy one / give one deal. The program did appear to suffer from a sense of direction. First it was for developing countries and then a decision was made to sell in the U.S. There was a controversy over the operating system.
Now, it appears that the project is struggling financially as are most technology companies. It also appears that there is some competition in the super low end market – India has just announced a less expensive competitor.
Bring on the netbooks.
