Non-profit organization announces plan to drive 1,000,000 Windows web surfers
towards Linux
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| In an announcement to the FOSS communities and enterprises, the GNU/Linux
| Matters non-profit organization expresses its intent to establish a
| recognized, multilingual homepage for the Linux operating system.
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| The organization, registered a year ago to further the work of a small group
| of volunteers, promotes the website GetGNULinux.org and its translations,
| each of which has its own tailored domain name and content. “Many websites
| display the merits of GNU/Linux, but we found none that was both relevant to
| a very wide public and of professional marketing quality”, said Olivier
| Cleynen, president of GNU/Linux Matters. “This is what we focus on. We are
| releasing material that is appealing and relevant to everyday users and those
| who have no time for software matters”.
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http://www.gnulinuxmatters.org/blog/non-profit-organization-announces-plan-to-drive-1000000-windows-web-surfers-towards-linux/
Meanwhile, those suffering from recession take the wrong strategy by driving
away their users...
FAST targets software pirates
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| The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) has announced that it will be
| taking strict legal action against people who sell pirated or copied software
| through online auction websites.
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http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=71EDA120-961E-4DB7-ADFA-9CCC694E10A9
Related:
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
Microsoft Happy with the Evolution of Windows Vista Piracy
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| But the truth is that Microsoft is happy with the way Windows Vista
| piracy is evolving. Is there a catch to this? No. The fact of the
| matter is that Windows Vista has delivered a heavy blow to
| software counterfeiters. The reason for this is the new Windows
| Genuine Advantage security mechanism integrated into the
| operating system.
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| You may not notice this on the surface. On the surface, the
| Internet is crawling with Windows Vista cracks, hacks and
| workarounds. On the surface, every Windows Vista edition has
| been cracked and is available for download via peer-to-peer
| networks. But this is not the true extent of Windows Vista piracy.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Happy-with-the-Evolution-of-Windows-Vista-Piracy-50577.shtml
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