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I'm sure most people are (rightly) going to take Microsoft's word on this with a great deal of skepticism, but kudos to them for at least responding to it in a

I'm sure most people are (rightly) going to take Microsoft's word on this with a great deal of skepticism, but kudos to them for at least responding to it in a timely fashion and with what appears to be a responsible approach to the allegations.

credo 16y ago
Agreed - more importantly, kudos to the New York Times for their original report (which seems to have convinced Microsoft to change their policy).
- tomh 16y ago
  Although the Committee to Protect Journalists originally reported this tactic being used against the free press in Bishkek back in April: http://cpj.org/blog/2010/04/microsoft-piracy-and-independent-media-in-kyrgyzst.php http://cpj.org/blog/2010/04/microsoft-piracy-and-independent...
doron 16y ago
Non profits and NGO get phenomenal deals in terms of licensing software from Microsoft, from my personal experience i dont know of any other company that offers anything similar. The international reach needs to be improved though, as stated.
- dchest 16y ago
  Microsoft mentioned Infodonor program (http://www.infodonor.ru http://www.infodonor.ru), and they have Symantec here too. The program was created by TechSoup (http://home.techsoup.org/pages/default.aspx http://home.techsoup.org/pages/default.aspx).