Opportunity window

Just don't confuse XO, the hardware platform, with
Sugar and Linux, the software platform.

Hardware comes and goes, but software can live forever.

The hardware 'business model' of selling the same capabilities, and
watching the cost go down over time, is an interesting idea, but I don't
know how it will stand up to other innovations over time.

As to software, Smalltalk/squeak are there, and other educational platforms could easily be
made available.  How about Boxer to complement LOGO?

If sugar proves to be good for collaborative learning, it will survive.
Because the students will want it to.  The only thing that will prevent
it from getting broad adoption would be an open-source 'product management' hiccup of some
kind.