Microsoft Pledges Cash for IT in Developing World
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| Microsoft faces heated competition from companies supporting the open-source
| OS Linux and associated software in developing countries.
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http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_002570DE00740E18802573D800322758.html?ref=technology
Recent:
Microsoft trained 200,000 teachers in India
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| The moves by Microsoft to offer free or subsidized software in India have
| however come in for criticism from the Free Software Foundation, which
| compared Microsoft's philanthropy to that of a cigarette manufacturer handing
| out free samples of cigarettes to students.
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/011408-microsoft-trained-200000-teachers-in.html
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 Anti-piracy Raids in Trivandrum, Kerala - Time to Switch to Linux
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| This is the second of such series of raids that Microsoft has done in Kerala.
| Sooner or later they are going to target the home user also. So if you are
| using pirated Microsoft software then beware. You only options are
| a) To shell out at least Rs. 15,000 for your original Microsoft Windows and
| Microsoft Office licenses or
| b) To switch to the free (as in free = zero) and fully licensed world of GNU
| Linux
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http://www.zyxware.com/articles/2007/12/25/linux/microsoft-anti-piracy-raids-trivandrum-kerala-time-to-switch-to-linux
Migrating to Linux
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| Tamil Nadu’s schools were running Microsoft Windows on a horde of aging
| machines—1,880 servers and around 30,000 desktops. The OS was in need for a
| refresh; however, moving to Windows Vista looked like an expensive option
| largely on account of the increased hardware requirement. ELCOT decided to
| move its own systems from Windows to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and SUSE
| Linux Enterprise Desktop.
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http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20071217/casestudyspecial11.shtml
Is Microsoft really scared of Linux
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| Now having seen this, I was left with a smile on my face because obviously
| the top Microsoft Execs are spending sleepless nights thinking about the
| inroads that Linux has made especially in the server arena.
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http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2007/12/is-microsoft-really-scared-of-linux.html
ELCOT's success story of Suse linux migration
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| Electronic Corporation of TamilNadu, India is the Information Technology
| arm of Government of TamilNadu, India. ELCOT is a fully owned Government
| Company. ELCOT migrated all its operations to suse linux OS within a
| period of 12 months. This video shares the success story of ELCOT in
| the suse linux migration (June 2007)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_g72GcaIdc
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