Re: [News] Linux Might Soon Spread to ALL Russian Schools!!

[Matt <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

amicus_curious wrote:
> "Moshe Goldfarb" <brick.n.straw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
> news:nld6oukrqfv3.k6bb1yxd1ngp.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:56:12 +0100, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> >
> > > LOL.
> > >
> > > "Aleksandr Ponosov, a former headmaster in the Perm Region, is a strong
> > > supporter of the move. He was prosecuted for using a pirate version of
> > > Windows on the school's computers.
> > Bottom line is people would rather go through all the trouble of using
> > pirated software rather than use free Linux.
> >
> > That says a lot about the poor quality of Linux and the software 
> > associated
> > with Linux.
> Worse.  It shows that the best plan that they can come up with is to try 
> to convince all the pirates to use Linux instead.  It is hard to see 
> where that really does much damage to Mr. Softee.
http://www.microsoft.com/msft/IC/RiskFactors.aspx
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... but most important is the destruction of MS lockin.