Re: [SLE] Balmer threatens Asian governments who want to use Linux
->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Sid Boyce" (sboyce@blueyonder.co.uk) wrote: ---------- The article should more aptly be titled "Balmer thinks his audiences are idiots". For the success MS are having, perhaps he is not far wrong. Regards Sid. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<- In our country there is no copyright law in the software field(!). Except who buy a laptop which is shipped with a legal copy of Windows, all other use illegal copies, even offices and companies; And there may be very few (international) firms who prefer and also afford using registerred softwares. Despite this situation, an official decision has been taken to announce the linux as "National Operating System" a few years ago. Following this decision, A collegiate group was chosen to make a version of linux able to meet all the needs at the time, especially "Farsi" typing and fonts. Just a few days ago, I read in newspaper that the live-cd version of "Farlix" - i.e. a Farsi Linux - was came to the market. Inside that article was: "... It runs all windows programs and games". Even though I have not used it yet, I hope it would change the current ratio of %99.9 Window/Linux users: That is what MS is afraid of. Note that the profit is not the only important factor for Microsoft; The more important concern which has also the profit as a consequence is *prevalence and predominance* of Windows in the PC world. Thank you for your notice, Bahram Alinezhad, Rudehen, Tehran, Iran. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Bahram Alinezhad wrote:
->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Sid Boyce" (sboyce@blueyonder.co.uk) wrote: ---------- The article should more aptly be titled "Balmer thinks his audiences are idiots". For the success MS are having, perhaps he is not far wrong. Regards Sid. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<-
In our country there is no copyright law in the software field(!). Except who buy a laptop which is shipped with a legal copy of Windows, all other use illegal copies, even offices and companies; And there may be very few (international) firms who prefer and also afford using registerred softwares.
Despite this situation, an official decision has been taken to announce the linux as "National Operating System" a few years ago. Following this decision, A collegiate group was chosen to make a version of linux able to meet all the needs at the time, especially "Farsi" typing and fonts. Just a few days ago, I read in newspaper that the live-cd version of "Farlix" - i.e. a Farsi Linux - was came to the market. Inside that article was: "... It runs all windows programs and games". Even though I have not used it yet, I hope it would change the current ratio of %99.9 Window/Linux users: That is what MS is afraid of.
Note that the profit is not the only important factor for Microsoft; The more important concern which has also the profit as a consequence is *prevalence and predominance* of Windows in the PC world.
MS have been so dominant for so long, they think they have a right to provide all the software that runs on PC's, I've even heard such sentiments made by some of their users, they don't like Linux chipping away at that dominance very slowly e.g http://linuxtoday.com PC Pro: Microsoft Loses China Contract At Last Minute Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====
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