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New York Red Cross Needs Tech Help
zosa writes: "The New York American Red Cross is in dire need of technology equipment and services. The field workers and sites have little, if any, means of communication and the central office is processing way too much on completely paper systems. Your help in acquiring these resources would be greatly appreciated." You can read more over at this page. Finally something that the average Slashdot reader can do to help.
Microsoft is donating millions of dollars to the relief funds, and they're matching employee donations as well.
Why don't you take your head out of your ass, and get real for a moment. This is not a time to be a Linux zealot and force Linux on people. That is what they ***need*** to do their job. If they wanted Linux or a free office suite they would have asked for it.
I'd also like to see Linus or perhaps a larger Linux company pony up some $$ for the relief fund. That would bring Linux some good press, think it will happen...no.
You've never been to a Linux or Open Source convetion, have you? 99% of the attendees are obese pigs. They exist on cola and junk food. I wouldn't want their blood anywhere near my circulatory system.
Since DOJ has other things to take care of (Like hunting the terrorists) the borg will most likely escape for few days which is just enough for them to get WinXP out to shelves. In other words, they
will most likely steal way more money and so the donation of $10 mil. could be a bit bigger, maybe?
After all this tragedy is going to earn them way more in the long run.
I'd guess that proper would be to call all uses of their products in helping to recover from the
national disaster as legal no matter of having the
license purchased or not.
If programs would be read like poetry, most programmers would be Vogons.