A Mandriva divulgou que o governo nigeriano completou sua escolha de laptop para uso na educação, e
optou pelo Classmate PC com o Mandriva Linux. O acordo inicial prevê o fornecimento de 17.000 unidades.
Enquanto isso, a BBC
divulgou que o Uruguai é o
segundo primeiro país a confirmar sua adoção dos laptops de 100 dólares do OLPC (para saber mais sobre o preço do laptop de US$ 100, leia a matéria de ontem "
Negroponte: O Windows é chave para a filosofia do OLPC").
O país vizinho teria encomendado 100.000 unidades do XO, para crianças de 6 a 12 anos, por intermédio de seu Laboratorio Tecnológico del Uruguay (Latu).
Saiba mais (mandriva.com).
http://blog.mandriva.com/2007/10/31/an-open-letter-to-steve-ballmer/
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Then your people entered the game and the deal got more competitive. I would not say it got dirty, but someone could have said that. They fought and fought the deal, but still the customer was happy to get CMPC and Mandriva.
So we closed the deal, we got the order, we qualified the software, we got the machine shipped. In other word, we did our job. I understand the machine are being delivered right now.
And then, today, we hear from the customer a totally different story: we shall pay for the Mandriva Software as agreed, but we shall replace it by Windows afterward.
Wow! Im impressed, Steve! What have you done for these guys to change their mind like this? Its pretty clear to me, and it will be clear to everyone. How do you call what you just did Steve, in the place where you live? In my place, they give it various names, Im sure you know them.
Hey Steve, how do you feel looking at yourself in the mirror in the morning?
Of course, I will keep fighting this one and the next one, and the next one. You have the money, the power, and maybe we have a different sense of ethics you and I, but I believe that hard work, good technology and ethics can win too.
PS: a message to our friends in Nigeria: its still time to do the right thing and make the right choice, you will get lots of support for it and excellent services!
Entendi mal ou parece que está rolando um suborno da M$ para os nigerianos pensarem em mudar para windows ?