Subj : msn and free software
To   : MRO
From : Moondog
Date : Tue Oct 11 2022 07:57 pm

 Re: Re: Russia's Endgame
 By: MRO to Boraxman on Tue Oct 11 2022 10:44 am

>   Re: Re: Russia's Endgame
>   By: Boraxman to MRO on Tue Oct 11 2022 09:38 pm
>
>  > I'm referring more to the business side of things.  I read a story just
>  > before about how Microsoft pressured the UK government into abandoning a
>  > program to push Free Software.  Microsoft threated to pull out some resea
>
> i doubt that happened.  uk is always the one taking microsoft to task over a

A company I used to contract at would donate life cycled hardware to a local
non-pofit that would supply under privileged families with a desktop and
monitor that is 3 to 5 years old, but still relevant for classwork and online
activities.  I've read of other groups trying to avoid the license hassle,
and install a linux distro such as Mint or Ubuntu.  Upon asking, I learned MS
has a partnership with these refurbishers, and provide activation keys and
deployment servers and services to slipstream the OS install / imaging
process.  I wouldn't be surprised if a special MS Office distribution comes
installed, along with tools to indoctrinate budding developers into going the
MS route first.

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