Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> Microsoft Gulf and Kuwait Ministry of Commerce and Industry pin down
> illegal IT reseller
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> | Microsoft Gulf, in collaboration with Kuwait Ministry of Commerce and
> | Industry, has announced that it has recently conducted a raid against a
> | suspected illegal IT reseller distributing counterfeit Microsoft
> | software in Hawalli, Kuwait. In its capacity as a member of the Business
> | Software Alliance (BSA), the international association established by
> | the software industry to promote a safe and legal digital world,
> | Microsoft provided key information that helped Kuwaiti authorities
> | identify and raid the illegal trader.
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> http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Kuwait/230831
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> Microsoft used to love these people. What happened? The sinking sales of
> Windows (down 24%)?
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> It was okay when Microsoft had no market share and it needed to get
> people "addicted" (Gates' words).
Obviously the Kuwait Ministry of Commerce has a duty now to handout
LiveCDs and Linux Distros and start educating the public about
free software.
http://www.livecdlist.com
http://www.distrowatch.com
As its all free and reduces the people of Kuwait wait on the
Kuwait Ministry of Commerce for policies, answers and liveCDs.
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