monopolies

"free of charge until 7th November 2006" No thanks, I'll stick with GNU/Linux where I know it will ALWAYS be free.

This is the story of the OLPC project since it was announced in January of 2005. Intel and Microsoft are monopolies that used brute force to delay the OLPC non-profit open-source project from starting the cheap laptop revolution, taking away the profit margins from a multi-hundred-billion dollar laptop and PC industry.

InfoWorld presents an interview with the Linux Foundation's executive director Jim Zemlin.

"InfoWorld: So are Microsoft's days as the dominant provider of desktop and server and maybe even handheld operating systems numbered?