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[News] Recent Piracy Accusations in Russia Drive Schools to GNU/Linux

Russian schools abandon Windows after piracy scare 

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| Microsoft says that the incident has nothing to do with them, but it 
| appears that Russian schools in the area are so scared about being shipped 
| off to a Siberian Gulag, that they are buying Linux gear instead.
| 
| [..]
| 
| According to Karpushin, schools would start using freely distributed
| software like the Linux OS, Russky office and Open office desktop apps,
| Ekho Moskvi reports.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37460

Thank you, Russia, for cracking down on piracy and helping Linux. Microsoft
would have never done this because piracy helps Microsoft (see links at the
bottom).


Related:

Microsoft snubs Gorbachev over piracy plea 

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| However Microsoft has said it did not bring the case against Ponosov,
| this was done by the public prosecutor's office in Russia.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37449


Linux and Windows in Russian schools

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| I just noticed this blog entry (in Russian) from an advanced Linux
| user, where he offers free help to every teacher (or their boss) 
| who'd like to start teaching Linux, and gives a few links to
| other such projects, such as "The winter Linux school for teachers"
| (in Russian) organized by ALTLinux together with a few other
| institutions. A few other projects do exist. Hopefully, such
| projects, together with the "antipiracy" campaign will lead to
| more Linux and open source in Russian schools.
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http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/archives/070130-080943.html


Russian Government Will Migrate to OpenSource

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| Russia decided to follow after EU countries, where opensource
| solutions are more spread then in Russia. Currently, some Russian
| companies can offer their own Desktop Linux OS (the major companies
| are ASPLinux, ALTLinux, Linux-Online and LinuxCenter).
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http://danays.blogspot.com/2006/12/russian-government-will-migrate-to.html


Gates: Russia Tackling Software Piracy

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| Microsoft Corp. chairman and co-founder Bill Gates said Tuesday
| that Russia has made progress tackling software piracy, a problem
| that has threatened the country's bid to join the World Trade
| Organization.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061107/russia_bill_gates.html?.v=2


Semi-related:

Romania: Software piracy made us what we are today

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| Experts have called for stronger action from Romanian officials on
| software piracy, with prosecutors encouraged to stop dismissing
| potential cases. The International Intellectual Property Alliance
| in 2006 said dismissals are acting as a disincentive on police to
| clamp down on criminals, who are mostly end-users and distributors.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/02/romania_microsoft_piracy/


Chinese attitude on buying Vista

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| I've mentioned above,the price of Vista is higher than RMB2000 (about
| USD257) may not shake users in developed countries, but do you know it
| is equal to the average monthly salary in China's economic center
| Shanghai!So please take this fact into consideration before
| criticize our behavior of buying pirate softwares.
| 
| recent survey of public opinion from China's portal NetEase shows that 81%
| of netizens think Microsoft is forcing them to use pirate Vista...
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http://ya.iyee.cn/2007/02/chinese-attitude-on-buying-vista.html


Why Piracy Hurts Open Source

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| "...John looks at this from a different direction. He shows you why
| software piracy hurts Open Source software--the free stuff you are using."
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http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000266


Microsoft seals its Windows and opens the door to Linux

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| Now comes the really interesting question. With Vista's activation
| technology, Microsoft has the power to stamp out piracy everywhere. But
| will it choose to do so everywhere? After all, if folks in China or
| Thailand or Ethiopia have to pay for Vista, they won't be able to run
| it because they won't be able to afford the licence fee. In which case
| they may finally wake up to the attractions of free software such as
| Linux - and it's easy to imagine what that will do to Microsoft's
| plans for world domination.
|
| It's a delicious prospect: Microsoft impaling itself on the horns
| of a dilemma it has created for itself. Roll on Thursday.
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http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1956941,00.html 


How Piracy Opens Doors for Windows

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| Bill Gates may not be entirely dismayed by software thieves. They
| seed the world market and make Microsoft a standard.
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http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-micropiracy9apr09,0,414067.story?track=tottext


Beware: Half of Pirated Vista Is Malware

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| About half of all downloads that claim to be free versions of
| Microsoft's Vista operating system are actually malicious
| Trojan horse software, security vendor DriveSentry warned today.
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http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/003622.html


Why piracy kills Open Source

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| Because for them, the price is the same.
| 
| So, please, Microsoft, defend your own products, and don't allow users to
| use pirated versions. You'll be doing the best for the Open Source
| products.
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http://youmaybeinterrupting.com/desktop.php?view&postid=12&a=apps%2FBlog%3B%3B


Piracy figures are inflated say criminologists 

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| A draft report by the Australian Institute of Criminology says
| copyright holders are making up piracy figures in order to sway
| governments to their side.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35580

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