____/ John Locke on Monday 18 June 2007 04:06 : \____
> On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:31:51 -0500, "DFS" <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>John Locke wrote:
>>> On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:01:32 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
>>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Microsoft bows to complaint from Linpro
>>>>
>>> "We made it clear to Microsoft that we were preparing sanctions, as
>>> the school agreements excluxded competitors from this market. Now that
>>> they have met our demands, we dismiss the case, says NCA department
>>> director Jostein Skaar to Norwegian daily Dagbladet."
>>>
>>> "From now on, schools will only be licensed for PCs actually using
>>> Microsoft software, and not for all computers, including PCs using
>>> software from competitors like Linux, Mac and Openoffice.org."
>>>
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>>>
>>> Charging license money for computers that aren't even running Windows
>>> is is just plain fraud. Why doesn't the rest of the world stand up
>>> against this unethical and abusive comapny ?
>>
>>
>>Since it's a voluntary purchase and acceptance of known license terms,
>>there's no fraud whatsoever - and you know this so you're acting the
>>typical cola "advocate", lying about MS just to hear your lips flap.
>>
> You're dead wrong. Anyone who would create and perpetuate an agreement
> wherin the a customer must pay money for hot air, is a fraud..and so
> is the agreement irregardless of "voluntary acceptance".
>
>>I agree it's totally unreasonable to ask customers to buy Windows licenses
>>for all systems whether they run Windows or not, but the rest of the world
>>obviously wants and likes their software enough to accept those
>>unreasonable terms.
>>
> Not for long. This kind of bogus activity by Microsoft is wearing
> thin.
The following is a good read:
The usual Microsoft at Norway’s schools
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| In these days someone might think that Microsoft makes a switch to become
| a normal software vendor instead of the aggressive monopolist they have
| been in the past. However, news from Norway show that Microsoft is as far
| away from that position as usual.
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http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/06/17/the-usual-microsoft-at-norways-schools/
Do read it. It touches the main issues (and hasn't been posted to COLA).
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