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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. Re:In my ideal world by distributed.karma · · 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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  2. Beggars with attitude! by donutello · · 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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  3. Re:Oxymoron Count by CritterNYC · · 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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