__/ [ John Locke ] on Monday 07 May 2007 23:06 \__
> On Mon, 07 May 2007 22:46:50 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Teacher fined for Microsoft piracy
>>
>>,----[ Quote ]
>>| Putin has described the case as "utter nonsense" and former Soviet
>>| President Mikhail Gorbachev even asked Microsoft co-founder Bill
>>| Gates to intercede on the teacher's behalf.
>>`----
>>
>>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/05/07/russia.microsoft.reut/index.html?eref=rss_tech
>>
>>
> "Ponosov, a headmaster in a remote school in the Perm region of the
> Ural mountains, said he did not know the computers had fake licenses
> when they were delivered by a sub-contractor."
>
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> Wouldn't the sub-contractor be liable in this case ? I really don't
> understand this case at all.
He is a scapegoat. Just as you say, many people there do business this way.
That's why Putin's reaction is justified. Microsoft likes it when its
software is pirated. Why else would they offer a bundle for 3 bucks? It's
about getting children 'addicted', to use Gates' own words.
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