Nicholas?

Think of it this way... How could microsoft compete against an entire generation of children raised on Linux? Oh, they couldn't! I mean the thing has a "View Source" button for crying out loud. Think about how revolutionary it would be to have a generation of Linux trained computer programmers.

Perhaps not all of them, but a decent number of the smart ones would figure out how to edit or add features to their favorite activities. This is a real catalyst for open source in general. OLPC being extremely sucessful would be a huge thorn in Microsoft's side. Does that make sense?