M$ may not be the brightest bulb,but we have seen the way Gates turned the organization around when he finally grasped the real threat from Netscape.Peru,Germany,Finland,and Tiwan...don't take much to spot a trend...so M$ gives China 750mil.I can only imagine the overatures Redmond made to get this guy to come visit. The Evil Empire practices damage control.With 40bil in the war chest, M$ can afford to give away Winblows for a while.
On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, Warren Togami wrote: > http://news.com.com/2100-1001-943635.html?tag=fd_top > > "Peru's President Alejandro Toledo will travel to Seattle this weekend for > talks with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates during which he will sign accords > to support his Huascaran Internet-for-schools project." > (continued in article) > > He will "sign accords" with Bill Gates. This sounds too much like signing > of a pact with the leader of a powerful country. > > (Imperial March plays quietly in the background. I wonder if LucasArts can > sue.) > > Meanwhile, let's see what happens to Peru Congress legislation that would > mandate Open Software for government use. > > Peruvian Congressman vs. Microsoft FUD > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/05/06/1739244&mode=thread&tid=109 > Complete Background of this Peru congress bill > http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-05-20-006-26-IN-LF-PB > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau >
