Battling Frenchwoman starts petition against Adobe
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| More than 7,000 angry users have signed an online petition
| protesting against Adobe Systems' price hikes for European customers.
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| Once taxes are applied, the Brit user's eyes will be left watering
| as he or she gets handed a bill for 130 per cent more than an American.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/04/25/adobe_vs_the_europeans/
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Adobe targets school kids to get them hooked on software
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| Adobe is where the 'apps' are manufactured. These apps that have the
| power to make images appear before our children's eyes. "There were
| all these, like, stars, and they were rotating. It really captured
| my attention," said Nigel, 14, hardly more than a child, but with
| the vacant expression of a man who has spent hours looking at a
| screen. Nigel has now discovered he needs glasses.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38254
Vista price petition pops up on Government site
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| The petiton claims that, in the UK, a "full copy of Vista Ultimate
| would cost you £350, in the US it would cost you £195. The US
| version of Vista is exactly the same as the UK version. There
| is no difference".
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37788
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