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Namibia Says "No Thanks" To Microsoft Donation With Strings

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you'll-laugh-a-lot dept.

The Register posted an update about Namibia's SchoolNet, Microsoft "donations", and what looks like Namibia final decision. Apparently, MS's "donated" contributions would have been so small (and would have required such a large investment in OS licenses), that SchoolNet Namibia found it wasn't even worth bothering with. A very interesting article.

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  1. Anyone else read the headline as... by hitzroth · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    NAMBLA? And think of priests?

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    In mathematics, one does not understand things, one merely gets used to them.
    --VonNeumann
  2. Namibia's government == GENOCIDAL RACISTS by SexyKellyOsbourne · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    They may oppose Microsoft, but the government of Namibia is gearing up to be another Robert Mugabe administration -- plunging the entire country and African economy into chaos by committing ethnic cleansing against the white minority.

    Don't be fooled by their opposition to Microsoft: the black government are nothing but racist, communist thieves who could care less about open source.

    More on their white hitlist can be read here:

    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0%2C%2C3-4620 88%2C00.html

    1. Re:Namibia's government == GENOCIDAL RACISTS by timeOday · · Score: 2, Flamebait
      A more accurate assessment of the Namibian government would be "thugs giving land and money to their cronies and starving the rest".
      That's a nice practical definition of communism right there.
    2. Re:Namibia's government == GENOCIDAL RACISTS by shepd · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      >all the profitable software companies went out of business?

      I don't know, did they?

      >What are you on about again?

      The .bomb

      What you are on about that all the companies are out of business again? Huh? You've totally lost me!

      >Are you trying to make a point or just spouting incoherent drivel for the sake of it?

      Look at the Pot calling the Kettle black. You think all the profitable software companies are out of business and you're calling me incoherent?

      You've lost it. Get a grip.

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      If you could be told what you can see or read, then it follows that you could be told what to say or think - BoC
  3. Re:More bullshit from a kneejerker by NineNine · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Deal fairly? The gave 'em a big fucking discount. You don't get to be a huge company by giving away all of your shit for free. It doesn't happen. I say fuck the Namibians. Give me the $2000 in free MS Office licensing. I'll take it.

    Jesus, you OSS zealots are pathetic. If it's not free, then it's evil. What a load of naive, childish bullshit. Grow up. When you're not living off of your parents, $2000 is a lot of fucking money.

  4. Re:More bullshit from a kneejerker by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You need to stop believeing your own fucking bullshit, d00d.

  5. FUD, FUD and more FUD by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    More fucking senseless Microsoft bashing. My, my. When the average age of the typical Slashdot reader reaches 17, call me, mmmk?

  6. Re:Beggars with attitude! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "These people think that Microsoft didn't give up
    enough for the "privilege" of making a donation
    to them."

    What th f**k are you talking about ?, and what did microsoft give up for the "privilege" of
    exploiting poor people, and what did you read
    that says they were begging for microsoft software ?, f**king troll !

  7. Re:Oxymoron Count by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!!

  8. Re:Typical MS by jasontheking · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    5 pressed cds!. it's very generous of them , isn't it? It would have cost them about two dollars to make.

  9. Sieg Heil! White Power! RAHOWA!!! by SexyKellyOsbourne · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.