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[News] India's Interest in Linux OLPC Increases, Microsoft's Dirty Tactics Exposed

  • Subject: [News] India's Interest in Linux OLPC Increases, Microsoft's Dirty Tactics Exposed
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:20:20 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
OLPC makes its entry into India - finally!

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| When the OLPC first made news, a prominent official in the HRD ministry of 
| the Indian government had gone on record snubbing the OLPC project ($100 
| laptop), even making a preposterous claim that work was under way to create 
| India's own $10 laptop. But as things have worked out, OLPC has already made 
| an entry into India in the form of a pilot project in a rural primary school 
| in a village in the state of Maharasthra.     
`----

http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2007/11/olpc-makes-its-entry-into-india-finally.html

Not bear *this* in mind (a new development in terms of information):

Microsoft told Nigeria to dump Linux for Windows

,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft and representatives from the Nigerian government had not responded 
| to a request for comment at the time of writing. 
`----

http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62034074,00.htm

Filthy monopoly. Was it singing about non-existent patents? It issued such
threats in 2004 when Asian governments said they would move to Linux.


Days ago:

[Mandriva CEO:] An open letter to Steve Ballmer

,----[ Quote ]
| Wow! I’m impressed, Steve! What have you done for these guys to change their 
| mind like this? It’s pretty clear to me, and it will be clear to everyone. 
| How do you call what you just did Steve, in the place where you live? In my 
| place, they give it various names, I’m sure you know them.   
| 
| Hey Steve, how do you feel looking at yourself in the mirror in the morning?
| 
| Of course, I will keep fighting this one and the next one, and the next one. 
| You have the money, the power, and maybe we have a different sense of ethics 
| you and I, but I believe that hard work, good technology and ethics can win 
| too.   
`----

http://blog.mandriva.com/2007/10/31/an-open-letter-to-steve-ballmer/


$100 laptop program still eyes India

,----[ Quote ]
| The so-called $100 laptops for children may make it to India after all.
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/10/25/100.laptop.india.ap/index.html

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