Negroponte Not Seeking Replacement, OLPC XO to Run Windows in 60 Days or Less (Laptop Magazine)

Indeed... the last two friend's PCs I've seen, both Windows, have been infested with spyware
despite in one case having a commercial anti-spyware tool, fully updated.  One particularly
nasty spyware (Vundo variant) I encountered took 4 separate programs to clean it out.  

The sheer hassle of keeping a Windows PC malware free, and periodically re-scanning it because
the non-techie users say Yes to installing trojans, is significantly more than it would be to
install Ubuntu and migrate them over.  (They could say Yes to trojans on Ubuntu, but so far
there aren't any major trojans for Linux, and it's generally better configured for security.)

The idea of OLPC helping propagate even more Windows malware is depressing, but will certainly
happen given the bandwidth and software costs of running anti-spyware, anti-virus,
vulnerability scanning (Secunia PSI) and Microsoft Update.  Most OLPC users simply won't have
the Windows skills, bandwidth, organisational support or money (for non-freeware security
apps) to keep their Windows OLPCs secure. 

I can't imagine why OLPC is cooperating with Microsoft like this, other than caving in to
pressure from developing world governments who have been sold on 'Windows is the only way' by
Microsoft.