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Originally Posted by din
we should not / need not teach something at schools thats not affordable for the large majority of the people of India. Coz MS may give stripped down versions / student versions and all those kinda tricks in schools, but once the students get into Win, they are not exposed to any other alternatives.
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No, wrong. In today's world if u say that students are not exposed to Linux then that is a lie. Today with magzines like digit or chip, state goverment intiatives etc....Linux is more widely known then before. Students are exposed to both MS & Linux.
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Remember - not all people get free windows / office form MS. And the large majority in India falls in the other category. So it is very simple logic that Linux and Open Source is best suited for countries like India.
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I understand, but calling MS evil cos they are trying to market there product here is wrong.
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By looking at the history of MS, any one with a non-biased view can understand it very well.
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Welcome to profit making method 101 a.k.a. business.
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And by giving free CDS / stripped versions / all those things by MS - is the way to lure kids. They are not giving the Windows OS free. Their trick is very similar to the drug sellers near college campuses, First give a small quantity of drugs, once they get addicted, they are forced to buy it lol.
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What forced? U r saying like the students are blind kids who don't have the ability to think & decide on there own.
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MS has no close competitors  MS has right to do the same thing Linux people does. But the difference is for MS, the first thing is their business, they are in campus for advertising their product and making money out of it - of course they have the right to do so. For Open source people first thing is goodwill of community. Isn't it a difference ? ?
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Ever heard about the Windows Community?