OLPC to ditch Linux for Windows on XO Laptops

Yikes.  The whole point of using Linux in the first place was to reduce costs and problems.  OLPC has announced that they might dump Linux from their XO laptops in exchange for Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system.  It appears that Microsoft has gotten into bed with the OLPC and has rubbed someone the right way to make such a drastic change.  The OLPC has been praised for going with Linux in the first place.  I wonder how the OLPC fans will react.