The OLPC has a LinuxBIOS but it would be able to run Windows as well (and it probably will [1]). If the Linux community was really pushing Linux to gain market share wouldn't you expect a dramatic increase in activity on edu.kde.org by now?
Whether quantum indeterminism is the random generator that prevents the universe from being completely deterministic and predetermined or not may not be the question; it depends on your definition of free will.
An example for a failure to follow higher-order volitions is the drug addict who takes drugs even though he would like to quit taking drugs. According to Harry Frankfurt the drug addict has established free will, in respect to that single aspect, when his higher-order volition to stop wanting drugs determines the precedence of his changing, action determining desires to either take drugs or not to take drugs.
This is a compatibilist view, meaning free will can exist in a deterministic universe.
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There is no strategy change. The OLPC is continuing to develop a Linux-based software set for the laptop in conjunction with Red Hat.
I'm not aware anybody 'caved'. Microsoft just isn't locked out and may provide a sensible alternative to the default (Linux).
The OLPC has a LinuxBIOS but it would be able to run Windows as well (and it probably will [1]). If the Linux community was really pushing Linux to gain market share wouldn't you expect a dramatic increase in activity on edu.kde.org by now?
There would also be some larger development projects to be done. (How about some educational games like Genius - Task Force Biologie, Chemicus II - die versunkene Stadt, Mathica for the OLPC, using Wikipedia articles as the knowledge part of the game?)
Of course it probably doesn't matter much if Microsoft offers a more or less free copy of Windows for the OLPC or Linux is used as the OS.
Whether quantum indeterminism is the random generator that prevents the universe from being completely deterministic and predetermined or not may not be the question; it depends on your definition of free will.
Harry Frankfurt defines free will as a failure to follow higher-order volitions.
An example for a failure to follow higher-order volitions is the drug addict who takes drugs even though he would like to quit taking drugs. According to Harry Frankfurt the drug addict has established free will, in respect to that single aspect, when his higher-order volition to stop wanting drugs determines the precedence of his changing, action determining desires to either take drugs or not to take drugs.
This is a compatibilist view, meaning free will can exist in a deterministic universe.