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Will Clinton Free The World From Software Dictatorship?
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| Recently many Software Freedom activists have
| started to question bundled operating
| systems. If one goes to buy a PC, you will
| have to pay for the pre-installed Microsoft
| Window. Today there are many alternatives to
| Microsoft Windows -- GNU/Linux based Ubuntu
| is one of the most popular Operating Systems.
| It is not only free in terms of cost, but
| also free in terms of control that the user
| has over his or her computing. GNU/Linux
| operating systems are very much more secure
| than Microsoft technologies.
|
| If you want buy a branded PC from HP or any
| other major player and you want to run
| GNU/Linux on it then what are your choices?
| Irrespective of what software you want to run
| on your machine, you will have to pay the
| cost of pre-installed Windows, even if you
| are going to remove it and replace it with
| GNU/Linux. Will Mrs. Clinton take measures to
| save citizens from paying forced Microsoft
| Taxes?
|
| The ideal situation would be that one should
| be able to buy hardware with or without
| Windows pre-installed. There should also be
| policies to ensure that Microsoft doesn't
| kill Linux offers by 'subsidizing' Windows
| PCs.
|
| Thank you Mrs. Clinton for giving hope to
| citizens of the free world. Let's see how
| much goes into practice.
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http://katonda.com/blog/595/will-clinton-free-world-software-dictatorship
Related:
US State Dept. workers beg Clinton for Firefox
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/13/firefox_and_us_state_department/
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