[ale] butt kicking

[George Johnson]

Geoffrey wrote:

> ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
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>> Bill Gates: "[Linux/Open Source] kicked our butts"
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>> http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040124/ap_on_hi_te/world_forum_gates_4 
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> The scarry part of this is:
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> "At the forum itself, Gates announced a partnership with the United 
> Nations (news - web sites) to bring computer technology and literacy 
> to developing countries.
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> Drawing on a $1 billion Microsoft fund, the U.S. software giant will 
> work with the U.N. Development Program to provide software, computer 
> training and cash to establish computer centers in poor communities, 
> starting with pilot projects in Egypt, Mozambique and Morocco."
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> We all know his purpose behind this effort.
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Yea, I know the purpose behind this.  These places will be the next 
source of cheap IT labor after India etc become too expensive.

gj