Extra Credit!

Since the fall of 2005, the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program has had, as its mission, the task of providing one laptop computer per child throughout the world. To make this happen at the targeted rate of $100 per laptop, several deals had to be cut along with streamlining as much as possible. For example, Linux instead of Windows is going to be the OS of choice. I mean, hey, it's free right?

Here's an article concerning some possible delays for OLPC. For 10 pts extra credit, read this article and type up a 1 pg (single spaced) summary of it and what it could mean for the computing industry -- Microsoft especially.

By the way, I need this by the start of whatever class you want this to be applied during the week of July 23.