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Wow, what favorable treatment from the press....

Story: Microsoft denies paying contractor to abandon LinuxTotal Replies: 1
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phsolide

Nov 12, 2008
3:27 PM EST 		Read the article. Microsoft clearly acknowledges that they *tried* to get Nigeria to do the Windows-for-Linux swap, and probably some money would have changed hands.

Instead of focusing on that, which strikes me as a real issue, we get a full two or three paragraphs of pro-MSFT spin, amounting to "It didn't get signed-off on, so it doesn't matter." Wow. We tried to bribe Nigeria, but some stubborn mule needed Linux, so the bribe went unclaimed. Because of that, we did no wrong.

I guess when you're as big as MSFT, and as important, the rules for the "little people" don't apply so much.
DrDubious

Nov 12, 2008
3:41 PM EST 		I was just thinking that - from the article, it looks like their "defense" boiled down to "the deal fell through and we never actually paid out."

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