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Microsoft Thinks Africa Doesn't Need Free Software

Posted by samzenpus on from the cough-up-the-cash dept.

DIY News writes "Microsoft has claimed the cost of software is not an important issue in the developing world. According to MS, while you can give people free software or computers, they won't have the expertise to use it."

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  1. Re:... Nice by TubeSteak · · Score: 1, Troll
    As opposed to what... ?
    Making them pay for computers and software they won't have the expertise to use?

    I think Microsoft's problem with Africa is that the public is not already locked into/onto MS products. You ask them about Windows or Linux and they'll say we have windows in our house, but wtf is Linux. As far as they're concerned, neither product is better because they haven't yet been "educated" about the differences.

    In summation: Microsoft can't compete with free.
    P.S. I didn't RTFA

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  2. 'Africans' already did: www.ubuntulinux.org by slaida1 · · Score: 1, Troll
    It amuses us europeans that you north americans think africans don't have expertise for various things north americans themselves can't use very well. See for example windows xp and compare it to for example ubuntu linux.

    It seems to us europeans that africans have better expertise to use computers than north americans.

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