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____/ Jerry McBride on Friday 09 November 2007 22:41 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> ____/ Mike on Friday 09 November 2007 15:53 : \____
>>
>>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071109/
>>> tc_infoworld/93293;_ylt=ArM.t2dZawatAhb4320H44sjtBAF
>>>
>>>
>>> "San Francisco - Microsoft may not have beaten French Linux vendor
>>> Mandriva in a large deal to supply Nigerian elementary schools with
>>> laptop computers and software after all.
>>>
>>> Mandriva had closed a deal in mid-August to provide a customized Linux
>>> operating system and support for 17,000 Intel Classmate PCs intended for
>>> Nigerian schools, but found out last week that the company deploying the
>>> computers for the government, Technology Support Center (TSC), planned to
>>> wipe the computers' disks and install Windows XP instead.
>>>
>>> Now, however, a government agency funding 11,000 of the PCs has overruled
>>> the supplier: Nigeria's Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) wants to
>>> keep Mandriva Linux on the Classmate PCs, said an official who identified
>>> himself as the program manager for USPF's Classmate PCs project."
>>
>> This could indicate that there was some wrongdoing and the officials have
>> quickly sneaked out of what they attempted to do. I found this here (same
>> article apparently).
>>
>
> ----snip----
>
>
> Dude... I don't think it's so nasty as that... More than likely they ran
> converted the first bunch of computers over to window and realized just how
> much of a BAD IDEA it really was... A second look at linux is ALL IT TOOK
> to convince them that it's really the platform of choice.
>
> Hehhe
>
> I really love this stuff...
>>
To be realistic, almost none of those 'recycled PCs' actually had a legitimate
Windows licence. It's really up to the builders, but end-users at home can do
anything they want (Microsoft won't even mind). IOW, Microsoft's new policy
will change nothing. It's a PR move as much as it is something for the
builders to keep in mind.
That said, watch the second item about Microsoft and Russian schools. That a
new (and very big) scam. They want to stop ~16,000 schools from migrating to
GNU/Linux.
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