Kent Savage is back with a new incarnation of the I-Opener, attempting to resurrect Netpliance (as a new company) in the process:
http://slashdot.org/articles/04/10/16/1518249.shtml?tid=137
My own take is that it's too expensive and offers too little to differentiate it from a stock x86 machine to be sucessful, but it may survive in a niche market for quiet/cool thin clients or desktops - useful in hospitals, medical offices or law offices. Absolutely of no interest for repurposing, in view of the pricetag, but who knows? They may go bankrupt again and the machines may show up on liquidation.
