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From Physorg.com:

The founder of the ambitious “$100 laptop” project, which plans to give inexpensive computers to schoolchildren in developing countries, revealed Thursday that the machine for now costs $175, and it will be able to run Windows in addition to its homegrown, open-source interface.

Even at US$175, it’s still a well needed bargain for developing nations. We also learn that the founder of the $100 laptop initiative has negotiated with Microsoft to ensure a version of Windows can run on the machine. It’ll likely be the Starter edition that was recently announced last week as the $3 Microsoft software package for governments that subsidize student computers.

Here’s the link to Physorg for the full story.