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Microsoft offers free software to start-ups
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| Microsoft has slashed the cost for internet and technology start-ups to use
| its software and servers in an attempt to attract the latest generation of
| programmers away from Open Source rivals like Linux.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/3386649/Microsoft-offers-free-software-to-start-ups.html
Microsoft's Biz Spark is Another Direct Shot at Open Source
http://ostatic.com/176551-blog/microsofts-biz-spark-is-another-direct-shot-at-open-source
Microsoft's Answer to The Open Source Threat
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| The introduction of BizSpark clearly indicates that Microsoft wants start-ups
| to defer from using open source software such as Linux.
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http://www.enterpriser.in/India/Know_It/Microsofts_Answer_to_The_Open_Source_Threat/551-94853-449.html
Very scared of GNU/Linux. Even bribery is seen as acceptable by Microsoft now.
Yesterday:
Microsoft offers South Korea $60 million 'encouragement' to use its software
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| IN WHAT APPEARS to be a rather desperate move by Microsoft, the firm is
| actually paying South Korea $60 million just to use its software.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/11/04/microsoft-pays-south-korea
Microsoft Against Free Software... But In Favor Of Paying Nations To Use Its
Software?
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| With more and more countries aggressively moving to embrace free and open
| source software, it appears that Microsoft is using its own money to its
| advantage, such as with this agreement to hand over $60 million to South
| Korea to get it to use its software, rather than the alternatives.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20081103/1053402725.shtml
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