Bill didn't make this stuff up, he learned it from IBM.
The first computer I ever worked on for pay was a freebie, obsolete
IBM709 given to the Univ. of Fla in the early 60s to hook them into the
IBM way...
And Tom Watson learned if from drug dealers over the centuries...
stephen.russell AT adribbers .DO.T com wrote:
> Seems that they are pulling the same stunt they did in India. Give it away, and let the people grow up with it as well as design in it. Bill is pretty brilliant in that he is doing a repeat of what Apple did by giving away to schools 25 years ago.
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [NF] M$ wins out over RH Linux in China (TechRepublic article)
> From: MB Software Solutions <vfpmcp@mbsoftwaresolutions.com>
> Date: Mon, July 30, 2007 6:49 am
> To: Profox <profox AT leafe .DO.T com>
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> http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=525&tag=nl.e101
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> "Microsoft realized that it was powerless to stop widespread piracy
> in China, so it simply threw up the white flag. If Chinese users are
> going to pirate software, Microsoft wants them to pirate Microsoft
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> The comments following the article were interesting as well.
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