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Microsoft Shoots Own Foot In Iceland

Posted by kdawson on from the blood-from-a-stone-middleman dept.

David Gerard writes "The Microsoft Certified Partner model is: an MCP buys contracts from Microsoft and sells them to businesses as a three-year timed contract, payable in annual installments. Iceland's economy has collapsed, so 1500 businesses have gone bankrupt and aren't paying the fees any more. But Microsoft has told the MCPs: 'Our deal was with you, not them. Pay up.' The MCPs that don't go bankrupt in turn are moving headlong to Free Software, taking most of the country with them. (Warning: link contains strong language and vivid imagery.)"

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  1. Can someone wash my underwear? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I made an obama in my pants!

    1. Re:Can someone wash my underwear? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Me too!

  2. I know this is offtopic, but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Man, if Iceland is so broken they can't pay M$ for something they sold already, so I am changing my strategy to get a wife.
    I was thinking to get a Russian/Ukrainian bride through those bride-by-mail services, but people told me Russian women are mean, and they will just find a way to get the divorce as fast as they can after they get their definitive greencard.
    So, what about Icelandic women? People say they are all hot Valkyries with blond hair and blue eyes. And they are probably so ass broken now that even to move to my momma's basement in Simpletown, USA will look like heaven for them.