Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> The Consumer Memo, 7/31: Microsoft raising Windows 7 prices
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> | Microsoft Corp. will raise some Windows operating system prices in
> | emerging markets, reversing an experiment that cut prices to combat
> | piracy, Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said.
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> http://economy.kansascity.com/?q=node/3104
Emerging markets = The Third World.
That same Third World which Microsoft flooded with $3 Windows.
Now they've got them addicted, it's time to collect.
What a bunch of gangsters.
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K.
http://slated.org
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| "The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which
| the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf
| denounces him for the same act, as the destroyer of liberty.
| Plainly the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of
| the word liberty; and precisely the same difference prevails today
| among human creatures." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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Fedora release 8 (Werewolf) on sky, running kernel 2.6.26.8-57.fc8
01:02:14 up 67 days, 5:00, 5 users, load average: 0.05, 0.07, 0.08
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