Less than six months after Intel and the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Foundation buried the hatchet, with Intel joining the OLPC board as its 11th member, the partnership is over. The reason was apparently continued friction over the Classmate PC, which was a source of friction between the two groups prior to Intel joining the program. According to an Intel spokesperson, Agnes Kwan, Intel and the OLPC Foundation were working on an Intel-based version of the XO laptop. However, the OLPC Foundation wanted Intel to end its production of the Classmate PC.

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