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Microsoft, having lost to Linux in South Africa, Peru, Brazil, Germany, UK, Australia, are terrified the bleeding will continue as it was evidenced in Thailand

- here's an interesting article : For some reason ZDnet didn't see this as newsworthy.

Extracts from article : "First-time computer users are flocking to a government-subsidised programme to bring cheap PCs to the public. Although pirate copies of Windows and Office have a street price as low as $4, the information ministry's scheme of selling PCs loaded with Linux and OpenOffice for $250 is a runaway success. A million new PC owners will be using Linux within the next few months".

And ...

"Charging Thai consumers nearly $600 for Windows/Office is the equivalent of charging US consumers $3000," notes the report. But even at the right-sized price of $37, Thai first-timers are preferring Linux. Which also cites Linux's superior Right-to-Left support as a reason why the ministry's computers are popular.

1 million new Linux users in just one country. Superb.

China will of course take Microsoft's money even as they jointly develop a Linux like OS from scratch, in consortium with South Korea and Japan.

Superb.
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If they are going to do outsourcing, why not?  DonnieBoy | 11/21/03
Exactly  GRindinAxTaRupy | 11/21/03
I agree...  prime21 | 11/21/03
.Net to free the world  MIKE C0X | 11/21/03
.Net to free the world  michael-t | 11/21/03
Communism  NemesisNL | 11/21/03
Tongue in...  dsentman@... | 11/21/03
Competition, gotta love it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/03
Um, what are you referring to??...  GRindinAxTaRupy | 11/21/03
Gee, sure looks like competition.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/03
You always purposely exclude the important parts  GRindinAxTaRupy | 11/21/03
So tell me of knowledgable one.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/03
Um, do you EVER provide links???  GRindinAxTaRupy | 11/21/03
Links to your claims? No I can't.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/03
To compete in China...  B.O.F.H. | 11/21/03
I agree, it is competition.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/03
China and .NET  dsentman@... | 11/21/03
Meeting of "free world" presidents  FirstNLastN | 11/21/03
Yep, the parallels are so totally unavoidable wink  dicktaurus@... | 11/21/03
sounds like they bribed them to use .Net  Arrg | 11/21/03
You must mean Sun's million computers.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/03
No, he meant .NET  GRindinAxTaRupy | 11/21/03
No twist to it. You do read don't you?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/03
Yes I know about the Sun contract  GRindinAxTaRupy | 11/21/03
Good, then you understand it's competition.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/03
Um, Bittie..we're all waiting for YOU to "get on board"  GRindinAxTaRupy | 11/21/03
Give up on Bitty.  Damon K | 11/21/03
Message has been deleted.  Plain Logic | 11/21/03
Nice try little fellow. Wrong, but still nice.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/22/03
What Sun sent to China  B.O.F.H. | 11/21/03
Don'tcha love the timing? Um, yeah, China needs .NYET like a locust plague.  dicktaurus@... | 11/21/03
Microsoft are terrified  jellyclock | 11/21/03
Um, you meant "Microsoft *is* terrified." LOL...  dicktaurus@... | 11/21/03
Yup, terrified enough to pull out the big hammer  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/03
Um, dude..you must have been under a rock lately  GRindinAxTaRupy | 11/21/03
You mean Sun is terrified of .NET  John Zern | 11/21/03
Of course they are. Sun is hurting.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/03
Huh?  prime21 | 11/21/03
Time will tell, but if the past is an indicator...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/03
Kill the MS/Linux rumor now or prove a slither of proof  Richard Flude | 11/21/03
So your saying it's competition then.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/03
Monopolists are NOT competitors..it's just that simple  GRindinAxTaRupy | 11/21/03
Who has a China monoply?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/03
By the way,,,  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/21/03
Over a dozen posts saying nothing new . . . what a loser !!!  Plain Logic | 11/21/03
Ummm, I know you work for Microsoft, but...  Damon K | 11/21/03
Yeah, let's just keep watching...  IT_User | 11/21/03
Not sure what you mean  John Zern | 11/21/03
Well, maybe a little U.S.?  IT_User | 11/21/03
This will be interesting to watch...  dsentman@... | 11/22/03
Hmmmmm . . . MS trying to buy market share? How many users will $50B buy ??  Plain Logic | 11/21/03
Open-source will ultimately prevail  emartin_z | 11/21/03
question to the linux fans  zijiang | 11/21/03
Answer...  prime21 | 11/22/03
Only part of the story, and not necessarily the end....  dsentman@... | 11/22/03
ms could  lmaxwell | 11/23/03
Microsoft uses BSD for its SFU (Services For Unix)  B.O.F.H. | 11/23/03
"They are getting trashed??"  Mark Miller | 11/23/03
funny  lmaxwell | 11/22/03
china giving up on opensource  lmaxwell | 11/22/03
lmaxwell is delusional - and obviously didn't read the article.  Plain Logic | 11/23/03

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