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Taiwanese Parliament votes Against Microsoft
linumax writes "Taiwan's parliament has voted to end its dependence on Microsoft software, demanding that the government reduce purchases from the software giant by 25 percent this year. The resolution, passed on Friday, is an attempt by the island's law-making body to end the near monopoly Microsoft has with local government offices, a legislative aide said. Local newspaper Commercial Times said however that the resolution may not be binding because it runs against fair trade regulations in Taiwan. Officials at Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission declined to comment."
Microsoft offers China software for their missile guiding systems and naval fleet.
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself no matter what they say
Which will show a BSOD just when used during the *real* firing.
"Doing what i can, with what i have." ~ Burt Gummer
Hmmm. Ballmer... monkey... flying...
Taiwan might give up Microsoft, and monkies might come flying out of Bill Gates' butt?
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
After Microsoft fits them with software, the standard procedure includes:
- Boot up missile command system.
- First thing you do is install latest security patches, or else some kid in San Jose, California is going to take control of your missile.
- Log in to Hotmail.com to get the target coordinates from your superior officer. You will find it buried somewhere in the middle of 80 or so M3NSGR0WTH spams.
- After your clear the pop-up messages blocking the launch widget, launch the missile.
- Restart whole prodecure after missile crashes in the blue ocean of death well short of its target.
A chair with the words "Made in Taiwan" is being thrown.
Who'd a thunk it! Next they'll be a story about the Chinese negotiating with Hollywood to drive down the prices on DVDs.
It's a Whole New World!
Windows is the only real option
What the heck else are they going to use? Linux? Ha!
Hey Steve, stop wasting your time in these forums and go back to work!
--- Bill
Ubuntu is an African word meaning 'I can't configure Debian'
So Taiwan is willing to stand up to both Microsoft and China! Way to go! I wish other industrialized nations had that kind of courage!
I often don't like the choices people make, but I like the fact that people make choices. That's why I'm a conservative.