The Battle That Never Was: OLPC XO vs. Intel Classmate PC

It seems like a distant memory now. But, it was only a few years ago before anyone heard of the Asus Eee PC or Acer Aspire One, there was another battle of mini computing titans. The OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project produced the XO for children in developing nations. And, Intel answered back with the Classmate PC. There is one little twist to this story though. The Classmate PC never really came out to battle.