__/ [ [H]omer ] on Tuesday 13 February 2007 10:58 \__
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> Antipiracy group makes list of worst-offender nations
>>
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>> | Microsoft has sought to actively protect its intellectual property
>> | in countries singled out by the filing, including Russia, where
>> | one case involving pirated Microsoft software used by a provincial
>> | secondary school recently garnered international attention.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/antipiracy-group-makes-list-worst-offender/story.aspx?guid=%7B994F0B4D%2D68F0%2D4EFC%2D8390%2DFA002A4F2188%7D&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo
>>
>> Microsoft is believed to have used its Russian BSA equivalent to
>> bully and imprison a poor teacher. The outcome wasn't that which
>> they had hoped for.
>>
>>
>> Russian Schools to Switch to Linux After Microsoft Piracy Case
>>
>> http://www.mosnews.com/news/2007/02/07/linuxschool.shtml
>
> They must have been testing their "make the Chinese pay" stategy on
> the Russians to see if it works.
>
> Oops.
>
> Oh well, it all worked out for the best in the end, eh?
A subsequent interview with a Microsoft exec/spokesman (in Russian, I think)
had them very embarrassed. Linux got mentioned, Microsoft avoided the
subject and then stubbornly touted the 'virtues' of Windows. I can't recall
where I read this, but it was funny at the time.
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