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Re: [News] Are 73% of all Britons Using GNU/Linux?

__/ [ William Poaster ] on Wednesday 24 May 2006 11:46 \__

> On Wed, 24 May 2006 11:36:01 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 
>> __/ [ High Plains Thumper ] on Wednesday 24 May 2006 11:05 \__
>> 
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>> John A. Bailo wrote:
>>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> | Top three software pirates:
>>>>>> | 
>>>>>> | Vietnam: 90%
>>>>> 
>>>>> Funny, when I went to a Sun Days seminar three years ago, they said
>>>>> Vietnam was also among the greatest domestic users of Linux and OSS.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Bottom line: It's in Microsoft's interest to create a perception that
>>>>> everyone is "stealing their software" -- which is better way of saying
>>>>> "no one is *buying* their software".
>>>> 
>>>> It's also a good mask for these crocodile tears. Gets them sympathy...
>>> 
>>> Yep, it's time to break out the lawyerpult:
>>> 
>>> http://dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert2006052442720.gif
>> 
>> I think our news server is dropping messages. There are a few that went
>> missing and I can judging by followups made to them... *frown*
>> 
>> Can you see 2-3 messages that are duplicates (the post you posted a reply
>> to)?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> Message-ID:    <1620067.fxbBGraTau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:          Wed, 24 May 2006 10:08:47 +0100
> 
> Message-ID:    <1588705.1MiE2ysYOV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:          Wed, 24 May 2006 01:12:38 +0100
> 
> Message-ID:    <2633678.oB5BbT992M@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:          Wed, 24 May 2006 01:10:49 +0100

Mamn! Thanks for letting me know. Some more messages were lost this
morning...


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