Namibia Says "No Thanks" To Microsoft Donation With Strings

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Namibia Says "No Thanks" To Microsoft Donation With Strings

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday October 31, 2002 @01:46PM 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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first post by areguan · 2002-10-31 13:47 · Score: -1, Troll

first post?

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Re:Typical MS by ChaoticLimbs · 2002-10-31 13:53 · Score: -1, Troll
They were just attempting to give away the first dose of the crack-rock to the potential junkie! Who could blame them? How else could anyone ever become trapped in proprietary software? M$ bashers are going to have to start thinking about how the company would
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if they suddenly had no way of coersing people to sign on.
Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-31 13:57 · Score: -1, Troll

Everyone in Africa will be dead of AIDS in about 30 years anyhow...
Re:In my ideal world by distributed.karma · 2002-10-31 14:03 · Score: 2, Troll

> I'm tempted to move to Africa to unionize their computer professionals.
Better you should un-ionize the chemistry professionals *ba-doom ching*

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Re:In other news .. by ArchieBunker · 2002-10-31 14:27 · Score: -1, Troll

Now if only they would tell people that raping babies won't cure aids and that you can't grow food in they desert they'll be ok.

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What a dumbshit article by Noose+For+A+Neck · 2002-10-31 14:28 · Score: -1, Troll

Fuck The Register. I swear, even Slashdot doesn't normally stoop to the levels of including "M$" in an article title, and The Reg is supposed to be on a higher level of journalism than this place anyway. What a bunch of garbage.

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Re:Namibia.. Namibia.. Nambla.. by Ivop · 2002-10-31 14:30 · Score: 0, Troll

That site is sick! Thijs, age 11, is having a relationship with an adult??? I mean, age 16 and 19 might be tolerable, but this site clearly promotes relationships with minors. Just look at those pictures. That guy is what, 45? I hope you burn in hell (though I don't believe in hell, but it should be there, just for you sick fucks).
Beggars with attitude! by donutello · 2002-10-31 15:01 · Score: 1, Troll

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

I wouldn't donate a cent to them either.

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King by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-31 16:50 · Score: -1, Troll

Dude, he died at 54, just like *BSD. Red ink flows like a river of blood. Just fucking ask Kreskin.
Boy, oh boy... by BurKaZoiD · 2002-10-31 18:15 · Score: 0, Troll

...did Microsoft screw the pooch on that one.

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Instead, plan to make money with Linux & Slash by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-31 18:57 · Score: -1, Troll

By using a simple Linux box, they plan to spam stupid Slashdot users displaying there email address with "I'm a [banker|relative|...] of from , and have $1000, 000, 000 which I shall share with you..."
Re:Oxymoron Count by CritterNYC · 2002-10-31 18:59 · Score: 1, Troll

But you know the free alternative they are using isn't Linux, right?

It's most likely pirated MS software. They don't have the same kind of copyright laws in the third world and even if they did, they're often not enforced.

Why can't I have Moderation: -1, Just Plain Wrong as an option on this one?

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