Okay this makes me really sort of mad at a deep level.

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-07-2008/0004863781&EDATE=

Labview based Lego Mindstorms for the OLPC... that really burns me.  I wish we had something that could compete with the proprietary software they are giving away. But everytime I talk to anyone locally about an open framework, they just say its easier to use the gratis Labview tools and aren't at all interested in the idea.

-jef