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Microsoft Targeting Indian Developers
Pranjal writes "An Indian Business magazine, Business World is reporting that in it's war against Linux, Microsoft is taking the battle to the Indian developers. The logic is simple. India has 10% of the developer population of the world. If a significant number of these developers commit to work on MS platforms then the number of developers working on Linux platforms can decrease significantly and thus the number of applications. As Dilip Mistry, a director at Microsoft India's Bangalore office puts it, "This country can affect our (Microsoft's) destiny." [Quote From article] Local linux user groups are trying to counter this threat by targetting school and university students and increasing the awareness about development on a linux platform. Read the full story here. [Nice cover don't you think?]"
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its war against Linux!
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Scaremongering my ass.
India has always tried to cover up their AIDS problem. Go figure, the Health Minister of India telling the world population to "move along, move along, nothing to see here... we're ok... move along". Meanwhile it remains a big taboo in Indian society to discuss aids, the disease, how it's transmitted, and safe sex. The health minister has his proverbial head in the sand. India is posed to a African style outbreak, all the right factors have been identified. The majority of the people with AIDS are travelers and will soon become bridges to bring the bulk majority of the population into high risk.
It certainly doesn't help that Indian hospital turn away AIDS victims, and pregnant mothers, telling them they should have an abortion.
It's sad really, to see a country like India go to this great a length to save face. If Gates hadn't visited the country, this would have gotten as much air-time as his 250 million he dumped into Africa. Zero.
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Does anybody know why RedHat are losing so much money. Arguably they are the most successful Linux business. I believe in their last shareholder report it talked about restructuring their embedded division or something. They seem to be growing still - shouldn't they be focussed on making money first?