Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 22nd May 2009 20:55 UTC
Windows 7 Starter Edition, a sort of My First Operating System, always carried with it a 
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RE[5]: Don't bother, Microsoft
by h3rman on Sat 23rd May 2009 08:20
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Member since:2006-08-09
"Because every single pirated copy of Windows being used means one less user is using an alternate platform such as Linux or OS X.
Maybe if you exclude people who don't dual boot, and those that own more than one computer with another operating system on it. "
The original poster was talking about "the 3rd world". Now it's true that "we" in da west ship lots of our used crap to for instance countries in Africa (our generous gifts, right?) but billions of people have zero or if they're lucky, one computer.
RE[6]: Don't bother, Microsoft
by dreamlax on Sat 23rd May 2009 16:22
in reply to "RE[5]: Don't bother, Microsoft"
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Maybe if you exclude people who don't dual boot, and those that own more than one computer with another operating system on it.