MS Gives Free Licenses To Oppressed Nonprofits

victorl19 writes "Microsoft is vastly expanding its efforts to prevent governments from using software piracy inquiries as a pretext to suppress dissent. It plans to provide free software licenses to more than 500,000 advocacy groups, independent media outlets and other nonprofit organizations in 12 countries with tightly controlled governments, including Russia and China."

Comments

MS gives charity a bad name

[Anonymous Coward]

My god, how low will this company stoop for a dollar? Now they pretend they are displacing competitive software not because it will earn them more money, but because they are feeling charitable. Everyone knows it's a charade, except the dim bulbs who can't read past a headline. Go ahead Microsoft, take more money from the stupid people who support your shallow pretense. They're the only one who buy your crap anymore, you make the rest of us sick.

Okay, I'll play.

[tpstigers]

America sucks. Where's my free copy of Office 2010?

Re:Okay, I'll play.

[marcello_dl]

> America sucks. Where's my free copy of Office 2010?

Since the hate crime you committed against America is kind of grave, the free copy of Office 2010 is an insufficient punishment, I suggest they give you also free office 2007 and 2003 plus sources and the full ooxml specs.

That's so nice of them.

[droidsURlooking4]

Linux should really do this too. Oh, wait..

harsh treatment

[cas2000]

wow, that's harsh.

it would be far less cruel to just leave them to the tender mercies of the secret police and torture squads.

Re:Not costing them anything.

[badboy_tw2002]

Hmm, but the source would still be closed after the mass suicide? Not good enough I'm afraid.