On Friday 16 March 2007 14:43:38 GOvvin wrote: > If the schools continue to their Microsoft-centric curriculum, don't expect > their students and graduates to produce work using opensource tools. That's > why Microsoft continues to push their software in schools with discount > incentives because they know that when these students join the workforce, > they would of course choose software tools that are their familiar with. > > I'm glad to see some schools slowly integrating opensource tools but it > will take time before we can expect a mass-base of opensource developers.
There was an article I read somewhere regarding Microsoft's strategy on Piracy. Their official stand would remain "No to Piracy!" and "Let the Business Software Alliance handle Media Piracy". But if you take a look at it, BSA and OMB ain't that active in raids. Sometimes they would go for months without any raids. Microsoft wanted piracy, of course it will affect their desktop market but they're really aiming at the SME's and Large Enterprises because they could milk them for millions of dollars. They wanted desktop piracy to thrive in the 3rd world countries because if people are used to a pirated MS products, they will demand an MS product for the company they're working for. If you're an HR guy, you'll know what I mean. I'm in call center industry, and guess what, OSS compentency is non-existent. ITD may prefer OSS, but the production floor won't tolerate it. The company then would have no choice but to buy millions of dollars worth of licenses from Microsoft due to the demand from their employees. This article was actually flamed and the author was passed as a conspiracy theorist. I'll be searching for that link so you can read it. -- Dax Solomon Umaming http://knightlust.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Key: 0xEDE9C473
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