We know he's just thinking about the children but damn, if
Walter Bender's latest move doesn't smack of retribution for Negroponte's
XP-lust. Having successfully spun himself out from under NickNeg's OLPC, Bender's UI now owned by his non-profit Sugar Labs might just end up on Intel's
Classmate PC. Right, the same competing platform the OLPC camp had
lambasted,
repeatedly, for its "shameless" and "half-hearted" behavior in the educational marketplace. Nevertheless, Bender is quoted in an interview saying, "A community volunteer is working with Intel on Sugar for the Classmate PC. Sugar Labs helped to expedite the relationship." We assume Bender's loftier goals act as a lithium-salve to what must be a palpable internal turmoil.
P.S. That's our mockup, Intel declined to comment on the usage of Sugar.
