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Microsoft Pushes Windows To Battle Linux In Africa
ThousandStars writes "According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft has been making a concerted effort to promote Windows in Africa, pushing Windows over Linux in very poor countries that haven't been locked into a single operating system. From the article: 'To that end, it has established a presence in 13 countries, donated Windows for thousands of school computers, and funded programs for entrepreneurs and the young. It also has used aggressive business tactics, some aimed at its biggest threat in the region: Linux ...'"
Nice try oahazmatt, but you rolled a 1 on your bluff attempt!
Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness?
Thank you for the link! I have now RTFA and my suspicions fell short. Microsoft is clearly in league with the devil. Removing the functional (I assume) Linux boxen for Windows machines (Now packed with Extra Failure!) is pretty damned crappy. I wonder if Microsoft handed out blankets with smallpox while there were at it.
Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness?
Its funny because you all:
A) modded me a troll for simply telling the truth and my own point of view. Very classy.
B) You all seem to be ignoring the main point that none of your "distro's" have anythign for the public.
Where are the games? The easy to understand GUI? Easy to configure and understand without a Comp Sci degree? The only way you can prove my point wrong is to give Windows and Linux to an average user and have them give you honest criticism on their experience using both. And guess what. Sales have shown that the experience with windows is just better.
And guess what, you aren't being unique or sparing your individuality by complaining just the same as every other guy who uses Linux and thinks hes sticking it to the man because he didn't pay one red cent for it. And on the subject of cost. You cant afford 200$ for your OS? You will blow 6000 for a state of the art rig you put together and then complain about paying for the OS? I am the only one who can see the childishness of this?
Well enjoy your Ubuntu and all that data management boys. Im gonna go play Fallout 3 without having to reconfigure WINE every Thursday, just as soon as Im done at my cushy job managing a windows network full of PCs that may have their individual problems but are terribly easy to manage and keep an eye on.
And this has been another installament of Captain Obvious!
The white man made the problems. Africa is the most resource-rich continent on the planet. The colonial system that the white man put in place, and the post-colonial governance systems modeled after said, are the cause of 100% of Africa's problems. The very least we can do is pony up some cash to help dig them out of the mess we left them in.
Hey, I finally got my first freak! Took you long enough!
Aren't you the idiot who claimed the Apple store didn't fully refund opened software, and when proven wrong about that, then claimed they didn't sell games, and when proven wrong about THAT, started whining to the mods that the proof of you being wrong was "off topic".
And the whole time you were quoting from the very document that proved you were full of shit but you were too stupid to scroll down to see it?
Yes indeed you are that fucking idiot.