Microsoft Corp.’s announcement last week that it will sell a $3 software bundle to students in developing countries is a positive move that won’t hurt the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) effort, said a member of the nonprofit group’s board on Tuesday.

“For the good of the world, it’s a positive thing,” said Michael Evans, vice president of corporate and business development at Linux provider Red Hat Inc. and a director of Cambridge, Mass.-based OLPC, which is building what is widely known as the ‘$100 laptop.’

Computerworld’s Eric Lai took the opportunity to interview Michael Evans yesterday at the MySQL Conference & Expo in Santa Clara.

Read Lai’s insightful report and analysis on Computerworld.com.