I’m not much of a geek, but I thought this was an interesting story. At this point we’ve all heard about the $100 computer being produced for developing countries. The plan is to provide cheap computers to countries whose population is suffering from ailments like AIDs, starvation, and homosexuality, and give them the tools they need to get online and learn the truths about their condition and how they can begin working to feed themselves and hopefully cure their various diseases.

Clearly nobody thought this untapped market was viable to profit from…until now. Microsoft and Apple may not have seen green in the land of the brown, but one software company did. The operating system that will run the new machines is being produced by Novell, a pioneer in computer networking…but a newcomer to the OS world. If this project is as successful as I expect it to be, I wouldn’t doubt if Novell becomes the dominant OS provider in the world by the end of the century.

This is somewhat exciting for me as Novell is a company whose headquarters is not far from my home. It’s nice to see some locals participating in such a neat project. Kudos guys.