OLPC ($100 "laptop") FAQ

[James R. Van Zandt]

>   Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of One Laptop per Child, answers questions
>   on the initiative.
...

I liked this part:

>   Today's laptops have become obese. Two-thirds of their software is
>   used to manage the other third, which mostly does the same
>   functions nine different ways.

I'm not sure it's less true of the typical Linux system than a Windows
system.

                - Jim Van Zandt