Windows Donations to Schools and Libraries: Charity or Tyranny?

“To wit: A recent post on the PC World blogs noted that the
Gates Foundation — which “has done a commendable job for the past
ten years installing Windows computers in public libraries around
the country,” according to author Phil Shapiro — still limits its
support to Windows computers.

“”While the purpose of these donated computers was not to
maintain and expand Windows market share, the net effect of this
philanthropy has been to do just that,” he asserts.

“That may not be surprising, but it also shouldn’t be the case,
Shapiro argues. Public libraries, after all, are a place for
inquiry, for learning and — Linux Girl would hasten to point out
— intellectual freedom. Shouldn’t they embrace software freedom as
well?”

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