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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:13 PM Original message |
How Microsoft trounced Linux in China and what it means for freedom, justice, and the price of s/w |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. GET A MAC! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Gates vs Jobs, I'd rather support Gates. |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I hear yah ... |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. Jintao may use MS software |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. What a perfect pair of totalitarians. nt |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's odd that Linux isn't more popular there. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. If MS doesn't have a problem with Chinese rips, they may as well disband the BSA. |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. It should be obvious why China's rulers would prefer Microsoft over Linux. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 10:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Good point...hadn't thought about that. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 11:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I wonder if Gates built a special 'open backdoor' version for China? |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sometimes you use a carrot, sometimes you use a stick ... |
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