Still thinking more about this gift. It costs MS about 50 cents to make a cd. So, XP + Office as donations will give MS about $500 dollars in tax write offs for one dollar in actual cost. Meanwhile, somebody else will have to cough up $1000 to buy a computer and run the network wiring in the school.
So, MS makes a very handsome profit on this donation, while getting others to spend many millions, with the end result that MS owns the African software market. Even if not a single computer is ever installed in any school, they can still get the tax write off for each "donation." Even if all the software they donate is just stolen for private use, they'll still get the tax write off, which is more than they are getting now. Does anyone still wonder why MS is making LOTS of money while other hi tech companies are struggling? Joel On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 10:21:51PM -0500, Joel Hammer wrote: > Trying to think beyond linux, this will also kill any chance Apple might > have in Africa. After all, Apple would have to give away hardward as well > as software. > > You just gotta love those guys! > > Joel > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
