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[News] OLPC Reviewed, Microsoft Accused of Getting Poor Children 'Addicted'

  • Subject: [News] OLPC Reviewed, Microsoft Accused of Getting Poor Children 'Addicted'
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:10:43 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Children's Reviews of OLPC XO Technology

,----[ Quote ]
| Now watching that test after Gabe's and SG's reactions, you could be 
| persuaded that One Laptop Per Child doesn't really need an implementation 
| plan, that Negroponte's dreams can be a reality without intensive teacher 
| training or cultural integration.   
`----

http://www.olpcnews.com/implementation/maintenance/childrens_reviews_xo_technology.html

Free as in free milk - Microsoft's business practices in developing countries

,----[ Quote ]
| We have seen how two different corporations use free samples of their 
| products to create a dependence in the most vulnerable areas of the world. 
| Even when the similarities between both marketing strategies are evident, 
| Microsoft has earned the image of a company concerned with social causes, 
| while Nestlé has been the objective of a successful boycott campaign that 
| forced it to change its marketing strategy.     
| 
| This double standard is maintained by the lack of public awareness on the 
| implications of proprietary software. To make these implications known, and 
| to promote the use of free software in education, is a step towards a world 
| where access to knowledge is not restricted to those who can afford it.   
`----

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/free_as_in_free_milk


Related:

Governments Must Reject Gates' $3 Bid to Addict Next Billion PC Users 

,----[ Quote ]
| "Microsoft's strategy of getting developing nations hooked on its
| software was clearly outlined by Bill Gates almost a decade ago," said
| Con Zymaris, CEO of long-standing open source firm Cybersource. 
| 
| Specifically, Bill Gates, citing China as an example, said:
|  
|   "Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but
|   people don't pay for the software," he said. "Someday they will, though.
|   As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours.
|   They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to
|   collect sometime in the next decade."[1]
`----

http://www.cybersource.com.au/press/gates_set_to_addict_next_billion.html


Microsoft Happy with the Evolution of Windows Vista Piracy

,----[ Quote ]
| But the truth is that Microsoft is happy with the way Windows Vista
| piracy is evolving. Is there a catch to this? No. The fact of the
| matter is that Windows Vista has delivered a heavy blow to
| software counterfeiters. The reason for this is the new Windows
| Genuine Advantage security mechanism integrated into the
| operating system.
| 
| You may not notice this on the surface. On the surface, the
| Internet is crawling with Windows Vista cracks, hacks and
| workarounds. On the surface, every Windows Vista edition has
| been cracked and is available for download via peer-to-peer 
| networks. But this is not the true extent of Windows Vista piracy.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Happy-with-the-Evolution-of-Windows-Vista-Piracy-50577.shtml

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