that Sam guy » Microsoft http://thatsamguy.com Ramblings on tech and stuff Sat, 24 Sep 2011 08:07:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Mandriva: An open letter to Steve Ballmer http://thatsamguy.com/2007/11/mandriva-an-open-letter-to-steve-ballmer/ http://thatsamguy.com/2007/11/mandriva-an-open-letter-to-steve-ballmer/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2007 22:48:33 +0000 Sam http://blog.cyprix.com.au/?p=22 When Steve Ballmer screws you over.
New Nigerian Classmate PC’s with Mandriva Linux to have MS Windows installed later.

What a load of crock! I suppose nobody ever accused MS of being ethical (at least without the sarcasm).

Why does this make any sense at all. I mean just look at this process:
Step 1 – Buy 17,000 Classmate PCs with Mandriva Linux preinstalled
Step 2 – See machines working correctly
Step 3 – Have machines shipped
Step 4 – Pay for hardware and software
Step 5 – Install MS Windoze on all PCs (?!&?*?#$!!!!!)

How the hell does any of that work? Is Microsoft just playing dirty wherever it can? Do they just want to subsidise African nations computer needs?

If they want to pay me to use MS Windows, send me a message.

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