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FSF urges non-profits to reject Windows 7
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| THE FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION (FSF) is to write to the
| leaders of 500 of the most influential non-
| governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide to urge
| them to refuse Windows 7.
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| The letters will outline the seven areas where the
| FSF says Microsoft and the commercial software market
| is damaging: invading privacy, poisoning education,
| locking users in, abusing standards, leveraging
| monopolistic behaviour, enforcing Digital
| Restrictions Management (DRM), and threatening
| user security.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1557911/fsf-urges-profits-reject-windows
Small budgets hamper local open source developers
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| Kenyan Linux advocates face well-funded U.S.
| companies
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| [...]
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| Microsoft has received most of the criticism
| because of its market position. It has several
| projects with the government.
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http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/small-budgets-hamper-local-open-source-developers-722
Kenya blackmail incident below.
Recent:
Microsoft Denies Threatening to Withdraw Funding
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| However, the denial was a contradiction to comments by Bitange Ndemo,
| permanent secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communication, who
| said that Microsoft may have made comments regarding funding, though not
| directly or in writing.
|
| "They may have said something to that effect though not directly and not in
| writing. Microsoft cannot threaten us. In any case, our policy is very clear,
| we encourage people to use open-source software and those who want to use
| proprietary software are at liberty to do so" Ndemo said.
|
| There was heated debate in Kenya's technology sector before the decision to
| abstain. The decision was made by a 12-member committee. Some experts felt
| that the committee was comprised of a majority of Microsoft partners.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144898/microsoft_denies_threatening_to_withdraw_funding.html
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