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Linux Institute opposes Microsoft role in Kenya's laptop project

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IDG News Service; By Rebecca Wanjiku
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The Linux Professional Institute has opposed a move by Microsoft to partner with the Kenyan government in an ambitious US$2 billion laptop project. During a visit last month, Microsoft International President Jean Philippe Courtois met with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and announced a training partnership, a move that has received mixed reactions. The plan calls for the government to issue a laptop to every child enrolling in primary school next year.

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under the table, the Linux Institute will then realize they are powerless. And there's nothing anyone can do. Boasting Linux superiority ? less costly ? freedom ? These do not pay, and that's the way it goes...

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