Posted by on under aggressive business, wall street journal, business tactics, school computers, slashdot, poor countries, wall street, operating system, presence, linux, microsoft, africa | 
ThousandStars writes "According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft has been making a concerted effort to promote Windows in Africa, pushing Windows over Linux in very poor countries that haven't been locked into a single operating system. From the article: 'To that end, it has established a presence in 13 countries, donated Windows for thousands of school computers, and funded programs for entrepreneurs and the young. It also has used aggressive business tactics, some aimed at its biggest threat in the region: Linux ...'"
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Tagi: aggressive business, wall street journal, business tactics, school computers, slashdot, poor countries, wall street, operating system, presence, linux, microsoft, africa
Posted by on under international space station, technology link, astronauts, ballots |
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Posted by on under money manager, lifehacker, commercial software, open source, linux, microsoft |
Windows and Linux only: Money Manager Ex is a an open source, cross platform alternative to commercial software like Microsoft Money or Quicken. While it isn't as flashy as some of the commercial...
Tagi: money manager, lifehacker, commercial software, open source, linux, microsoft
Posted by on under mac os x, linux products, free wine, free licenses, natively, mac users, crossover, os x, linux |
Mac OS X and Linux only: CrossOver, a commercially-modified version of the free WINE platform that lets Linux and Mac users run Windows apps semi-natively, is giving away free licenses for all their...
Tagi: mac os x, linux products, free wine, free licenses, natively, mac users, crossover, os x, linux
Posted by on under money manager, lifehacker, commercial software, open source, linux, microsoft |
Windows and Linux only: Money Manager Ex is a an open source, cross platform alternative to commercial software like Microsoft Money or Quicken. While it isn't as flashy as some of the commercial...
Tagi: money manager, lifehacker, commercial software, open source, linux, microsoft
