[Lvlug] Fwd: As Gates Spreads FUD, Wall Street Buys Linux

[stuart@boreens.net]

Suppose the government caught and convicted someone for
selling drugs to an addict... would the penalty be to
have hime give away his drugs for free to school kids?
Aren't drug pushers notorious for giving away the first
few hits just to get new addicts hooked?
Stuart







On Fri, 31 May 2002, dann wrote

> 
> There was an interesting article posted on newsforge
last week: 
>
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/02/11/0240212&mode=thread&tid=13
> 
> The promise of free MS software lured S. Africa into
a deal with MS.  The
> article makes some interesting points and the posts
further flush these
> out.  
> 
> It's shrewd, but profitable business for MS to get
countries and
> educational facilities hooked with give aways and
rope them in for the
> long run.  
> 
> -- 
> Daniel S. Washko
> Lehigh Valley Linux Users Group
> www.thelinuxlink.net/lvlinux
> get slack (www.slackware.com ) and get happy
> 
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