Chilean Mapuches in language row with Microsoft
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| Mapuche Indians in Chile are trying to take global software giant Microsoft
| to court in a legal battle which raises the question of whether anyone
| can ever "own" the language they speak.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20061123:MTFH14339_2006-11-23_14-39-39_N22384122&type=comktNews&rpc=44
Microsoft did something similar in Bolivia, IIRC (ignoring languages until
Linux became a threat). The countries that use Linux and already have
locales are simply not interested in Windows, whether pirated or not. I
could be wrong though. I only know that Microsoft is loathed in South
America, which is quickly moving toward independence from the convicted
monopolist.
Contextually related:
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| The Chilean government's high school Internet access network Enlaces
| plans to install Linux Relevant Products/Services from Sybase ASE Linux
| Express Edition ? FREE operating systems in 600 schools, after a trial
| project with Edulinux in 25 establishments, local newspaper El Mercurio
| reported.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/40330001422084057.html (broken)
ElMostrador.cl: Chilean Public Pension System (INP) Switches to Linux
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| The institution will save more than 67,000 USD per year in license fees.
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| Two of every three Chileans either pay or get paid by this state-owned
| institution, which has 63 offices and ten corporate buildings all over the
| country, using more than 1500 computers.
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-08-01-005-20-NW-DP
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