Russia hits out at Microsoft licensing
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| The Russian government has hit out at Microsoft, claiming the
| software giant's overly strict and costly licensing regime is
| to blame for the high rates of consumer piracy in the country.
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| In particular he singled out Microsoft for its policy of not allowing
| partners to sell computers without copies of Windows pre-installed in
| Russia.
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| "If you want to install Linux you have to erase Microsoft, and that
| increases the cost of each computer by $50. (With) one that already has
| Windows installed on it, and you want to use open source, you have to
| install the operating system," he said.
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http://news.com.com/Russia+hits+out+at+Microsoft+licensing/2100-7348_3-6160083.html
Related:
Russian Government Will Migrate to OpenSource
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| Russia decided to follow after EU countries, where opensource
| solutions are more spread then in Russia. Currently, some Russian
| companies can offer their own Desktop Linux OS (the major companies
| are ASPLinux, ALTLinux, Linux-Online and LinuxCenter).
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http://danays.blogspot.com/2006/12/russian-government-will-migrate-to.html
Russian schools abandon Windows after piracy scare
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| Microsoft says that the incident has nothing to do with them, but it
| appears that Russian schools in the area are so scared about being shipped
| off to a Siberian Gulag, that they are buying Linux gear instead.
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| [..]
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| According to Karpushin, schools would start using freely distributed
| software like the Linux OS, Russky office and Open office desktop apps,
| Ekho Moskvi reports.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37460
Microsoft snubs Gorbachev over piracy plea
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| However Microsoft has said it did not bring the case against Ponosov,
| this was done by the public prosecutor's office in Russia.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37449
Linux and Windows in Russian schools
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| I just noticed this blog entry (in Russian) from an advanced Linux
| user, where he offers free help to every teacher (or their boss)
| who'd like to start teaching Linux, and gives a few links to
| other such projects, such as "The winter Linux school for teachers"
| (in Russian) organized by ALTLinux together with a few other
| institutions. A few other projects do exist. Hopefully, such
| projects, together with the "antipiracy" campaign will lead to
| more Linux and open source in Russian schools.
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http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/archives/070130-080943.html
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