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Looks like President Medvedev of Russia and President Obama of the United States have something in common.

They're both secret Muslims?

Looks like President Medvedev of Russia and President Obama of the United States have something in common.

The author of this article should be embarassed for the travesty of a story he's published. I'm not a fan in any way, shape, or form of Microsoft, but this is outright lying.

From TFA: "Possibly bowing to public pressure, Microsoft offered a "peace agreement," which Ponosov, asserting his innocence, refused to accept, according to CNews."

That's interesting considering the fact that Microsoft is in no position to do any such thing. They're not suing him, the Russian government was. That, by definition, is the distinction between a criminal case and a civil case.

Allow me to explain the things the article blatantly ignored:
Russia is notorious for ignoring copyright law and is the second biggest producer of illegal software and entertainment; China being the biggest. In response to pressure from the Russian branch of the MPAA (yes, even in Russia they still use that acronym), and numerous other sources, the local government decided to prosecute the teacher. They had little to no support from the federal government, or from Microsoft. Putin personally called the lawsuit ridiculous, and Microsoft's stance was that they see no reason to sue him personally, and don't want to have anything to do with the lawsuit, but will cooperate with Russian authorities so that "this case resolved in an amicable manner, so that everyone can move forward and Mr. Ponosov can focus all of his attention on his students". For their full reply, see here: http://eng.cnews.ru/news/line/indexEn.shtml?2007/0 2/08/234864

I'm amazed that the immediate response is "ZOMG, MICROSOFT IS SUING PEOPLE" when they're doing no such thing. Even if Microsoft came out and told them they wanted the case stopped, the prosecution has no obligation to do so since the fact that it's Microsoft is irrelevant. It's a violation of piracy law, the specific software pirated is purely academic. It's the local Russian government screwing up by trying to make an example of someone, making both the federal government, and Microsoft, look bad for something they have nothing to do with. They're jumping the gun on trying to enforce piracy laws and in doing so do everyone involved more harm than good (unless you consider anti-Microsoft sentiment a good thing, but that's another issue entirely).

http://www.gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/previews/ images/50334-1-2.jpg

Then upgraded to the quake 2 engine:

http://games.cnews.ru/trophy/screens/duke-nukem-fo rever/aai.jpg

Not sure what engine this is from 2001: http://www.gamenavigator.ru/pub/gallery/news/news2 005100605.jpg 2001

If you are out of the loop like me:

http://www.planetduke.com/duke4/faq/

I can't find a single current screenshot on the web and am very curious. Anyone got a lead on that?

Here be a picture:
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