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Microsoft in Peru, Living Room
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.
Fucking Gates, he's resorted to bribing people to get them to use his software. Sucks! I wonder what Mr. Villaneuva's going to say about it. Coup d'etat? That would be interesting, a real revolution brought about by Open Source. :o
What time is it/will be over there? Check with my iPhone app!
What you just discribed is called dumping and is illegal under most international trade agreements and local laws. Looks like there might be another Microsoft court case if they aren't careful.
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