14 DAY TRIAL // The initiative which began a long time ago in the minds of some MIT brainiacs as just another project, one like many others, has really seen acceptance among people all around the globe. Having a $100 laptop is something that many desire and are also able to afford. But somebody had to come and ruin the party for everybody else and that somebody was Bill Gates.
Dear old Bill, one of the brains behind the Microsoft Corporation and one huge moneymaker, has opposed the $100 laptop, for if it had become reality, it would have meant that it couldn't actually give Bill a way of making more money. Unfortunately for Mr. Gates, the idea did succeed and the OLPC initiative will carry on to be quite the big smash, for it will mean more people will have access to technology; even if it isn't quite the latest high tech, it will still be "one giant leap for mankind".
Now you might want to think that the OLPC is a, let's call it charitable initiative, but the company/s which will manufacture the laptop will indeed make profit off the deal, so many volunteers have shown their support. But like I said, this is a money making opportunity, so Quanta and ASUS have joined the party, each of them delivering models that are slightly more expensive than the original expected price. Nevertheless, that wouldn't be quite the problem, because next to the original $100 laptop, there will be models that cost less than regular notebooks, yet offer increased performance compared to the original design, thereby filling the gap in between these offerings with products.
And, thus far, Bill Gates still hadn't made any profit off these laptops, even more, might have attracted some hate because of his initial beliefs. A true charitable action came from the designers of the One Laptop Per Child Live CD, Red Hat. The operating system comes as a viable free option for the cheap laptop, but wait, Bill has now taken into consideration providing a $3 version of his operating system for the laptop. Besides that, the price for the OLPC apparently grew from $100 to $175, under some strange circumstances, so the extra $3 won't matter that much. Come on, the configuration is already cut to meet the desired price tag, now every OLPC user will turn into a hardware technician, fixing BSoD errors and so on. So, get ready for the next generation of Billy's.