__/ [ Rafael ] on Friday 09 February 2007 03:56 \__
> Dimitry wrote:
>> This group should be renamed comp.os.microsoft.paranoia because for
>> the most part, that is a good description of the discussions. It's
>> like a feeding frenzy of sharks in this group. Tell me, honestly,
>> what would you all be discussing if Vista never happened?
>
> <SNIP>
>
>> So what would you do if there was no Vista?
>>
>> This group is so far out of touch with reality that it is scary. Face
>> it, Vista is everywhere. The stores are jammed with people buying
>> Vista, hardware upgrades, systems with Vista and so forth.
>>
>> Linux? It can't even be located. Better send out an Amber
>> Alert........... Linux is MIA..............as if that's anything new.
>> Linux has been MIA for more than 10 years. What can be said about
>> something that is given away for free and can't even put a dent in
>> Microsoft's desktop market.
>>
>> I'll tell you what can be said: People don't want Linux. People have
>> ignored Linux because Linux doesn't offer them anything new or
>> better than what they have now but Linux does have the potential to
>> screw up their systems.
>
> <SNIP>
>
> Comrade Dimitry, did you not read State IT News:
>
> http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007/02/05/234178
>
> Article states,
>
>> Schools in the Perm region will soon quit buying software from
>> commercial companies, said the region?s Education Minister Nikolay
>> Karpushin. The announcement was made in line with the report on
>> ensuring ?license purity? in the region?s schools. According to
>> Nikolay Karpushin schools would start using freely distributed
>> software like the Linux OS, Russky office and Open office desktop
>> apps, Ekho Moskvi reports. ?Buying business and commercial programmes
>> from producers is quite expensive?, the Minister said.
>>
>> Andrei Garkanov, Aflex Software Marketing Director thinks there are
>> cheap, localized Russian Linux distributives in this country,
>> ?ASPLinux 11.2 for example. It has a user-friendly graphic interface,
>> any documents might be created in it without installing special
>> programmes, one can use the internet, listen to music and even learn
>> the basics of Linux programming. It has a safe working environment
>> because operational systems with plain code have a low virus
>> probability?, said Mr. Garkanov. State educational facilities have a
>> 50% discount on ASPLinux distributives.
>
> You have been spending too much time in Cold War Era, embracing
> capitalist lies.
It's probably Gary, posting from his usual gateway.
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