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Re: [Fsfe-uk] Microsoft Tsunami Relief Effort
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Kevin Donnelly |
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Re: [Fsfe-uk] Microsoft Tsunami Relief Effort |
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Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:05:10 +0000 |
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On Wednesday 19 Jan 2005 12:33, Alex Hudson wrote:
> The subject is possibly a little tongue in cheek; their effort appears
> so far to consist of attempting to fleece some Sri Lankans of $1755
> worth of XP licences (so that they can use the laptops that were donated
> to them by IBM, value probably ~$12000 or so).
The very next posting, however, notes that Microsoft had second thoughts
(presumably visions of foot-in-mouth and egg-on-face), and have now donated
the licenses.
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Pob hwyl / Best wishes
Kevin Donnelly
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