Comments on: Why India Should Embargo Microsoft Now That It Brings More of the Live@Edu Ploy and Bribes http://techrights.org/2009/09/14/monopoly-abuse-activesync-live-edu/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Yuhong Bao http://techrights.org/2009/09/14/monopoly-abuse-activesync-live-edu/comment-page-1/#comment-73425 Yuhong Bao Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:45:56 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=18282#comment-73425 Not only that, but Google now allows it's users to "liberate" the data, so you are not locked in and there is fair competition: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/google-liberates-data-makes-it-easier-to-leave-the-cloud.ars Not only that, but Google now allows it’s users to “liberate” the data, so you are not locked in and there is fair competition:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/google-liberates-data-makes-it-easier-to-leave-the-cloud.ars

]]> By: Yuhong Bao http://techrights.org/2009/09/14/monopoly-abuse-activesync-live-edu/comment-page-1/#comment-73423 Yuhong Bao Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:58:06 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=18282#comment-73423 <blockquote>Whether knowingly or not, those promoting such programmes are not just promoting multi-nationals but they also help turn their peers into slaves of a single foreign company that probably has the most appalling track record in its field. </blockquote> Yep, in fact even with cloud computing, I am sure there are better vendors than MS. Google for example isn't perfect, but it is certainly much better than MS, as mentioned here, despite the hypocrisy.

Whether knowingly or not, those promoting such programmes are not just promoting multi-nationals but they also help turn their peers into slaves of a single foreign company that probably has the most appalling track record in its field.

Yep, in fact even with cloud computing, I am sure there are better vendors than MS. Google for example isn’t perfect, but it is certainly much better than MS, as mentioned here, despite the hypocrisy.

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