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Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Nigeria paying for Mandriva, but still going to install Windows on Classmate PCs

A real shame, just a shame. There are some business practices that I certainly could never support – see my lost post for a different approach:

http://blog.mandriva.com/2007/10/31/an-open-letter-to-steve-ballmer/

And finally, congratulations to Mandriva who effectively presented a Linux client based solution that met Nigeria’s needs and would have created a new generation of Linux users for the world to leverage. It’s a step backwards, but at the same time, a step forward knowing you can successfully win these deals in a fair competition.