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Intel & Microsoft Killed the $100 Laptop
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| The article points that the stand taken by Intel and Microsoft is similar to
| the stand by large drug companies who, instead of working for the illnesses
| that plague the poor, (such as malaria) choose to focus on low-volume,
| high-margin drugs for cancer, heart ailments and diabetes.
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http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Intel_Microsoft_Killed_the_100_Laptop/551-92095-581.html
Gates marks anniversary of Microsoft research arm
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/12/business/AS-Hong-Kong-Bill-Gates.php
Didn't the man in the sweater intend to 'retire' for 'charity'?
Days ago:
State Councilor meets Bill Gates, agree to closer collaboration on information,
education in rural China
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| Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong met with U.S. billionaire Bill Gates and
| Microsoft's chief executive officers here on Monday, agreeing to a stronger
| collaboration between the software giant and China's education and science
| sectors.
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/11/content_9171570.htm
Recent:
Crimes Microsoft Gets Away With - So Far
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| News publications are cautious about making accusations, and because of that,
| some nasty acts of Microsoft are essentially being erased from the record.
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| Microsoft convinced Baystar Capital to put $50 Million dollars into SCO's
| lawsuit against IBM and other Open Source users, and promised to "backstop"
| Baystar's investment if SCO lost money, according to this sworn testimony.
| But I'm told that one person's testimony, even sworn testimony, isn't proof.
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http://technocrat.net/no-cache/d/2008/7/30/46981
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
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