Verily I say unto thee, that RonB spake thusly:
>> Emerging markets = The Third World.
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>> 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.
>
> I'm afraid it's the "collecting" that might prove a little difficult.
>
Microsoft logic precludes the possibility of non-payment.
Those damned peasants will just have to give up luxury goods, like food
and clothing, to meet their contractual obligations.
Maybe the Gates Foundry could offer Windows subsidies in exchange for
more government influence, just like they do with drugs distribution.
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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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