__/ [ Gordon ] on Monday 11 December 2006 08:55 \__
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/08/olpc_and_microsoft/
"If you are going to go have people share the computer, get a broadband
connection and have somebody there who can help support the user, geez, get
a decent computer where you can actually read the text and you're not
sitting there cranking the thing while you're trying to type,"
-- Bill W. Gates, about the (Linux-powered) OLPC unit
Just days ago:
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| About the meeting with Microsoft, he mentioned that he got a request from
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| M.R. Pridiyathorn Devakula, deputy prime minister. [Note: It seems
| likely that the early meeting with Microsoft was about going to see
| the operation of British e-government.) Dr.Sitthichai said he will
| use his own money and contact British government directly instead.
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http://www.iosn.net/asean-3/countries/thailand/news/thai-open-sourcers-meet-ict-minister
Shortly afterward, Sitthichai trashed plans to purchase 1 million
Linux-powered OLPC's. Only recently, having received a petition/open letter
did he realise his mistake (result of MS brainwash).
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