■"The $100 Laptop Moves Closer to Reality," by Steve Stecklow, Wall Street Journal, 14 November 2005, p. B1.

Nicholas Negroponte's idea continues to attract big industry funding and interest from national and international organizations.

Naturally, one of the biggest state supporters of the effort is Brazil, which is leading its own open-source movement to spread technology throughout its society and to other emerging economies.

What do these computers have to do? Not much. Just open children's minds to the possibilities and then see what they can do.

They'll be surprised. We'll be surprised. The world will be a better place.