Subj : msn and free software
To   : Moondog
From : MRO
Date : Tue Oct 11 2022 11:52 pm

 Re: msn and free software
 By: Moondog to MRO on Tue Oct 11 2022 07:57 pm

> 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

well things might have changed.  i dont hear much about microsoft anymore.

gates and balmer were a different animal. very devious and competitive.
apparently this indian guy nadella was educated in my current city of milwaukee.

I dont know much about him and he seems to keep a low profile.
he seems brilliant.  i'm looking at his wikipedia article now.
i didnt know ms bought linkedin and github.
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