Tom Jose Tharayil wrote on Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 12:46:40PM -0600:
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| Not really, this step was expected for some time. When we were in our
| final years, micro soft were at MCC in Tambaram and were doing demo's
| there also
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exactly... infact with Free Pizzas and what not!? :)
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| I dont know what anyone can do to stop this...probably nothing. But
| If you like to work on Linux , then no matter what proposition MS
| makes, you will stick to it. But for the other students, they might
| now start relying heavily on Windows.
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Besides, they try to "confuse" people by giving away stuff for free
AND letting them use their software for free (MS allowed usng the same
media to install a given software on BOTH the college computer and the
student's home, or so I was told).
cheers,
-Suraj
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