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Microsoft Bribes Again?
Nov 1, 2008, 20 :02 UTC (19 Talkback[s]) (4639 reads)

(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

"But, if as appears may be the case Microsoft is letting people have Dell XPS M1330 laptops with 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processors and 3GBs of RAM on 'indefinite loans (wink, wink) then it's a bribe in my book. What do you think? If you knew someone had been given a PC with a list price of $1,956 and then wrote nice things about the operating system that came with it would you be inclined to think that they might be just a wee bit influenced by the almost two grand worth of computer?"

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Related Stories:
Linux-Watch: Anatomy of a blogger bribe(Dec 29, 2006)
Linux-Watch: Bribing bloggers the Microsoft way(Dec 28, 2006)


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
... a recipient decides he/she doesn&#39 ...   I guess the real test is what happens when...   
Bernard Swiss
Nov 2, 2008, 06:01:27
 
It should make you think when a company  ...   they have THAT kind of marketshare and they have t   
barney
Nov 2, 2008, 09:20:53
 
Would that be too much different than ju ...   Bribes   
Don Whitbeck
Nov 2, 2008, 11:55:43
 
Either way, this sounds like undeclared  ...   Re: Bribes   
BD
Nov 2, 2008, 17:06:49
 
Dosn't FOSS / Linux give ALL their p ...   FOSS / Linux   
Darryl
Nov 2, 2008, 21:20:45
 
> Dosn't FOSS / Linux give ALL their ...   Re: FOSS / Linux   
LinuxFan
Nov 3, 2008, 00:20:18
 
> Would that be too much different than  ...   Re: Bribes   
Carla Schroder
Nov 3, 2008, 00:30:30
 
What's the depreciation, or for that ...   Re: Re: Bribes   
Bernard Swiss
Nov 3, 2008, 06:41:31
 
If they were really smart they would hav ...   They were not very smart   
darryl
Nov 3, 2008, 08:32:16
 
I think there were other reasons that Mi ...   Vista repeat   
DDahl
Nov 3, 2008, 09:10:59
 
>> Dosn't FOSS / Linux give ALL thei ...   Re: FOSS / Linux   
BD
Nov 3, 2008, 13:14:44
 
"BTW reqoiring people to "PAY" for FOSS  ...   Words and meanings   
Ian Rowan
Nov 3, 2008, 13:22:24
 
> If they were really smart they would h ...   Re: They were not very smart   
Rainer Weikusat
Nov 3, 2008, 13:29:45
 
Darryl,The nature of your comments, obse ...   Darryl and his brother named Darryl?   
Stuart DeGraaf
Nov 3, 2008, 13:46:38
 
> > Would that be too much different tha ...   Re: Re: Bribes   
Richard Chaffin
Nov 3, 2008, 14:39:08
 
> Honesty what do you think the reviews  ...   Re: They were not very smart   
blackhole
Nov 3, 2008, 17:10:44
 
Darryl,Allow me to thank you for your po ...   Re: FOSS / Linux   
GreyGeek
Nov 3, 2008, 19:17:11
 
Same old same old"oh i cant dispute his  ...   Yawn Gray,,   
darryl
Nov 3, 2008, 20:51:11
 
> hey if 1% or less impact on the deskto ...   Re: Yawn Gray,,   
blackhole
Nov 4, 2008, 09:39:29
 
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