__/ [ John Bailo ] on Sunday 13 May 2007 10:26 \__
> John Bailo wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Villa Cardal, Uruguay: Center of worldwide attention
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>>> | The experience was incredible, there are many details to comment
>>> | that I promise to continue blogging in the next days. At the moment
>>> | you can see the gallery of photos that I took in the place.
>>
>> Children playing and getting a great laptop experience.
>>
>> Surely, Microsoft must squelch the happiness.
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>>
>
> Bill Gates is lurking in their schoolyard, ready to "hook them up with
> some Vista".
People are no longer that naive, so it won't work this time around.
Governments Must Reject Gates' $3 Bid to Addict Next Billion PC Users
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| "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.
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| Specifically, Bill Gates, citing China as an example, said:
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| "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]
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http://www.cybersource.com.au/press/gates_set_to_addict_next_billion.html
Windows Vista at $1
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| So How is piracy so open in China? Is china having an AntiPiracy
| law? Read out this article from San Francisco Chronicle on China's
| take on Piracy.
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http://blog.techiezone.in/2007/05/10/windows-vista-at-1/
The real cost of $3 Windows
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| On that day, the Ubuntu home page was replaced with a bare page
| under a headline that read "Ubuntu 7.04 - Well Done."
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| There were just two sentences under the headline: "Thank you to
| everyone who has helped make Ubuntu 7.04 a reality. Thousands of
| you have helped code, test, translate and promote Ubuntu and
| everyone can celebrate today's release."
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http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business6_april24_2007
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