One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)

I continue to be surprised and disappointed by Microsoft's attack on one of the most worthy global projects to come about in many years. The software giant has made great progress in destroying the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative that would have given children in under-developed countries a great laptop for educational purposes. Based on Bruce Perens's report, it appears Microsoft has almost succeeded in forcing the use of Windows on even the OLPC machines. That type of vicious effort to dominate everything makes it even more important that all of us look at alternatives to Windows and other Microsoft products. Not that Windows (in general) is a bad OS (except for Windows ME and Vista) -- but because with each Microsoft victory the computer user community keeps losing ground in terms of what they can do with their machines.