So how long until...
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| helios Dec 29, 2010 1:09 PM EDT |
How long will it be until we get a news story that Microsoft drastically reduced their licensing costs for the Russian gubment and Putin decides he can live with the price, thus avoiding the major disruption of a system change-over? |
| Bob_Robertson Dec 29, 2010 4:39 PM EDT |
How long did it take for Peter Quinn to get accused of misconduct once he recommended ODF? |
| gus3 Dec 29, 2010 7:38 PM EDT |
Putin really, really doesn't like Microsoft right now, since they gave the Russian NGO's and human rights groups a blanket license a few months ago. The Russian secret police had been using software piracy as an excuse to harass these groups and raid their offices, and Microsoft took that away. |
| hkwint Dec 29, 2010 8:16 PM EDT |
Non-western governments don't pay over a few cents per license anyway, as far as I know, so giving a discount would make no difference. I think the migration of Russian post and lots of schools were successful, and the Russian government might do a better job at localization than MS currently does. |
| penguinist Dec 29, 2010 8:41 PM EDT |
helios wrote:Putin decides he can live with the price I doubt that Putin's decision is based on price. My guess is that it is based on the Russian government's need/desire for verifiable security. An open peer-reviewed OS like Linux is probably viewed as the preferred security alternative. |
| jdixon Dec 29, 2010 10:15 PM EDT |
> How long will it be until we get a news story... You're assuming Microsoft hasn't learned anything, Ken. I have no doubt the deal is in the works, but I doubt we'll hear anything about it. |
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