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Microsoft in Peru, Living Room

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the nanoprobes-everywhere dept.

Two pieces of Microsoft news today. tfofurn writes "According to this AP quickie and this Reuters story, both on Yahoo, Microsoft is donating 'about $550,000 in money, software and consulting services to the Peruvian government for educational and "e-government" initiatives' to Peru. The AP story mentions the conflict of this with Edgar Villanueva's proposal to have the government use only open source software. Villanueva (/. interview), you may recall, wrote a famous letter to MS Peru a few months ago." And many people have submitted stories about Windows XP Media Center, coming this winter to a living room near you.

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  1. $550,000 in software... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I don't like the idea of Microsoft manufacturing 1000 boxed Office Suites and calling it $500,000. They should be honest and compute the value of the cardboard and CD's only.

  2. Re:No longer banana republics...... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    As always, they are shit out of luck.
    But Usability Studies, Conducted in 1954, Show That.....
    Shut the fuck UP, Mac Weenie!