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[PLUG] Fwd: OT, Interesting thread on SEUL mailing list...
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More fuel for the fire...
It's interesting to contemplate how these events could (will) change the
computing landscape in the comming years.
What will the rest of the world do?
Kyle
----- Forwarded message from Nicolas Marchildon <nicolas@marchildon.net> -----
To: seul-edu@seul.org
Subject: [seul-edu] Microsoft Plans to Contribute to Mexico's Internet Initiative
This is (again) very shocking. Dean Calbreath says:
"Fox's e-Mexico program got a major boost last week, when Microsoft said that
over the next four years it will help run 2,445 computer centers throughout
the country, train 20,000 Mexican technicians and 3,000 computer teachers,
and provide free or discounted software and services to low-income
neighborhoods."
http://www.newsalert.com/bin/story?StoryId=CpmD_qaicu0qTrs1nrvHjq08&Print=1
Who, other than Microsoft, can train 23,000 Mexicans? The governement? Even
RedHat would probably not be able to compete. It's a monopolistic behavior
put to the extreme, aimed at gaining market by "lowering" prices.
What can we do against that?
It says:
"But some Mexican government officials are attacking Microsoft's involvement,
arguing that it will only give the company greater control of a market that
it already dominates. They say Microsoft's donation may be an attempt to
block an "open-source" movement spreading throughout Latin America, which
gives computer users free access to software."
I hope this reaction will be enough to stop Microsoft, but I doubt so.
Nicolas
----- End forwarded message -----
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