Tom, our patience will pay off...
The broader economy and the IT space (SW/HW/Network Infrastrucutre) is in the middle of a “gold rush:” it’s hot, hot, hot.
Throw in a couple Billion Dollars in grant money from your favorite billionaires or ¼ billion from a few nation states…and you have the attention of every IT player in the world.
Check out these demo OLPC units on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOTk_...
Even Libya has recently purchased several million OLPC devices (these have AMD microprocessors...happy, happy).
The Generic/Commodity Hardware Mfg Players across the Pacific Rim need to be careful; if they are not careful, they may face licensing problems.
All IMHO… Go PTSC