I can see the merits of both though, the Pi is just a little under powered for a HTPC, it's slow when using one of the XBMC variants (or the last one I tried on it) and if Intel price it right then I can see a decent market for it.
The Pi is very good for it's intended market, but some of the things people are using it for are pushing the limits.
It's a shame the intel one also requires a fan, an atom variant would be ideal really