Về: [HanoiLUG] Breaking news, big corporation do evil !!! was Re: Microsoft: I have to admit you're doing good.
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Từ David Tremblay <david <at> ngowiki.net>
Đến: Hanoi Linux Users Group <hanoilug <at> lists.hanoilug.org>
Đă gửi: Thứ Ba, 19 Tháng Hai, 2008 10:22:30 PM
Chủ đề: [HanoiLUG] Breaking news, big corporation do evil !!! was Re: Microsoft: I have to admit
you're doing good.
Le mardi 19 février 2008 à 11:45 -0600, Huan Truong a écrit :
> I'm not any sort of MS-fanboy but, I have to admit that Microsoft is
> actually doing good moves towards students by providing them many
> tools for cheap prices or free.
>
> One can argue that the moves was just a trick to make students more
> dependent on MS products but I think the positive side should be
> mentioned it's more of good than evil. It will promote and encourage
> students to explore and develop and having the chances to approach
> cutting-edge technologies. I am actually using MS Office 2007 and man
> that was Great - IMHO OpenOffice may be 3-4 years behind of MS one.
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The more you use Microsoft the more of your nation money goes to the US
and other already developed countries.
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Wow, this thread has gone too far already. Please understand this: Microsoft does not represent the US.
After all, if it's not because the US and developed countries, you wouldn't have OpenOffice.org and Linux
to brag about. You probably wouldn't have the PC (AMD, Intel) to use and the router (Cisco) to establish
your network. We all need each other.
Even the Free Software Foundation is supported by the US and developed countries. http://www.fsf.org/donate/patron/index_html
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