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____/ Homer on Wednesday 16 July 2008 18:10 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Linonut spake thusly:
>> * Tim Smith peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>>> [H]omer is claiming that IBM is getting software patents just to
>>> document prior art, to stop evil people from getting patents.
>>
>> I'll let him speak for himself, but note the word "just" you slipped
>> in their.
>
> Smith has a problem understanding the word "motive" too now, it seems.
>
> Microsoft have malicious intent, which they prove every time Ballmer
> opens his fat mouth, or every time they sabotage some company like Mandriva.
>
> I've yet to see IBM engage in such behaviour (this century).
I've become a bit of a fan of Mandriva ever since I installed 2008.1 on my main
PC. Compiz works beautifully out of the box, as well as _all_ the hardware.
Dual-head too (combined wide screen 24" and regular, no sweat for NVidia). And
then you read this:
Linux wins Nigerian school desktops back from Microsoft [after alleged
Microsoft's bribery of official]
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| "We are sticking with that platform," said the official, who would not give
| his name.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?newsid=6124
http://tinyurl.com/27ycq9
Microsoft is a criminal organisation. It paid $400,000 to some official (that's
a fortune in Nigeria) to change an _ALREADY-SIGNED DEAL_. They smelled an
adoption of GNU/Linux somewhere in Africa, so they had to retaliate. Even if
the sweaty guy ends up in a jail cell, these will never be justice for decades
of abuses, crimes, blackmail, briberies, sabotage and lies, followed ny
history rewrites.
There's always hope...
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| And to back his buddy, the MS dude (Neil Holloway) in charge of Europe
| branch: " [snip Tim Funkenbusch Quark-like garbage] " said Holloway.
|
| Talk about spinning to a ridiculous level!
|
| If it isn't about the cost of software, why don't you give all your products
| away for free? You can't teach ANY computer skills without the software. And
| guess what? MS software costs money!
|
| Overall, we're talking more than 100,000 Classmate PCs when the deployment is
| complete. That's a crap load of licenses!
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http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/21831
Lessons from Africa: How to Kill Your Own FUD
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| So, even as Microsoft claims superior quality over Linux, they act as if they
| don't even buy their own FUD. If they really believed that Windows was
| superior to Linux, they wouldn't have to bribe people with “marketing help”
| to get them to choose Windows.
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2007-11-09-030-26-OP-MD-MS
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~~ Best of wishes
"The government is not trying to destroy Microsoft, it’s simply seeking to
compel Microsoft to obey the law. It’s quite revealing that Mr. Gates equates
the two."
--Government official
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