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Those Dumb South Africans
May 24, 2008, 00 :00 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (8145 reads)

(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

[ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]

"Those dumb South Africans don't just get it seems to be Microsoft's senior director of interoperability's Jason Matusow message in his blog posting of May 19th.

"In this piece, trying to present a case for proprietary software over open-source software because people don't understand that free software isn't free as in 'free beer,' Matusow does an amazing job of putting his foot in his mouth..."

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“The most brilliant propagandist techn ...   yes bwana ndizi   
waflorek
May 24, 2008, 04:07:13
 
Unless I am very much mistaken, "bwana"  ...   Re: yes bwana ndizi   
Wodin
May 24, 2008, 12:31:43
 
I wonder if MS isn't afraid of what  ...   Gives me a new thought   
Jeff Cobb
May 24, 2008, 15:45:13
 
...  and his ilk make my butt tired.  Th ...   Our Boy Jason...   
Simplicissimus
May 24, 2008, 16:58:19
 
Students at the university still grappli ...   Why the anger?   
Rainer Weikusat
May 25, 2008, 17:34:15
 
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