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Latin America's free software revolution challenges U.S. corporate domination

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In 2002, then-U.S. ambassador to Peru John Hilton delivered a threatening letter to the Peruvian congress on behalf of a powerful American special interest. The letter stated that the Microsoft Corporation and its chairman Bill Gates disapproved of Peruvian politicians debating a proposed law, Special Bill 1609, which favored the use of free software in its government ministries. Hilton warned its passage would harm U.S.-Peru relations. The bill was quietly dropped after then-Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo was invited by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates to personally receive a donation for a Toledo controlled Peruvian foundation.

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"the bullies of this new century come with laws and treaties that restrict what people can do and who will be permitted to innovate to a tiny few."

Microsoft a bully? You bet! And this will get uglier as M$ starts to feel the pain.
And that's why XP is better than the Linux desktop.

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