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  1. Or when the Chinese government tells them to by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Lenovo To Shun Linux
    They'll come crawling back to us when Vista turns out to be a flop.

    Or if they want to keep selling in China (which, despite trying hard to wave american flags, is still a big market for them).

    Chinese Government says all new PCs must be Linux-friendly

    My guess is that this move is basically Microsoft bribing the right officials in Lenovo. A few dollars from China to bug their systems, a few from Microsoft's monopoly-power-abuse-team and pretty soon your talking real money.

  2. Er... Excuse me Bram... by Noryungi · · Score: 4, Informative · on BitTorrent's Bram Cohen against Network Neutrality

    ...but, with all due respect, when organizations as diverse as Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, moveon.org, the NRA, the Christian Coaliation and the EFF all actually agree on Net Neutrality, you must be barking up the wrong tree.

    Sure, laws on this subject need to very carefully crafted to avoid unintended consequences. And the American Lawmakers have a long record of messing up in that respect. But I believe -- with all the above-mentioned organizations, that Net Neutrality has to be respected.

  3. Financial aspects by mangu · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Introduces Pay-as-You-Go Computing
    the entry cost of buying a computer is too high and the fixed monthly payments associated with traditional financing are beyond their ability to pay


    They might get away with it, if the pricing were rigth. Like cell phones where you pay $1 for the hardware. With this computer you pay one third of the total (HW+SW) price up front. They don't say what that price would be. I live in Brazil and have never heard of this program.


    The card shown in one of the links says "R$95 for 55 hours", without specifying which services are being provided. Internet acces, perhaps? I pay R$50/month (about US$22) for unlimited 512 kbps broadband, so this couldn't be a good business from that point of view. Which software is included? They can hardly expect to fight illegal copying at this price, Brazilian street vendors charge R$10 per CD, installing XP and MS-Office would cost slightly less than US$10 for unlimited use.


    In the end, this seems to be an effort against the Brazilian government program to create a Linux-based popular computer. The fact is that this effort has been facing a lot of problems due mostly to strong lobbyist action. I think this "pay-as-you-go" program is just a straw man to give some corrupt politicians arguments to say that Microsoft can also create a cheap computer for the people.

  4. Article is here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Wink Chosen to Receive Noble Piece Prize

    http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/pshapiro/view?Po stID=3340

  5. ha! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Wink Chosen to Receive Noble Piece Prize

    http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/pshapiro I've been involved as an educator and technology access activist in the Washington DC-area since the late 1980's. I have found inspiration in the learning that goes on at afterschool programs, adult literacy organizations, public libraries and organizations bringing music instruction and the arts to children. educator...adult literacy? and he still thinks its a "nobel piece prize"