__/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Thursday 19 April 2007 15:29 \__
> On Apr 19, 4:19 am, Gordon <gbpli...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Microsoft is obviously running VERY scared at the moment, it's going to
>> sell windows for as little as US$3 in an attempt to double it's user
>> base...
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6571139.stm
>
>
> Story also covered in todays NYT. It says,
> Quote:
> -----------------------
> Software piracy is another pressing concern for Microsoft and other
> software companies in developing nations. Mr. Ayala acknowledged that
> piracy and the competition from Linux were business issues for
> Microsoft.
>
> "But this isn't really about responding to those things, but about
> finding an economically practical way to put good software and a good
> computer into these people's hands and get them going in life," Mr.
> Ayala said.
>
> "Certainly," he added, "for Microsoft this is an investment in the
> long term. These are the consumers of the future."
> -----------------------------------
>
> No no no no no, Linux and the OLPC had nothing to do with it.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/19/technology/19soft.html
I have been finding a lot of articles about comouting in Africa recently.
It's rare to see something other than Ubuntu Linux being used. You just need
to look closely at the details.
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