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Story: Russia attacks Microsoft licensing costs

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Linux is better

Microsoft is more concerned with its POPULARITY than the QUALITY of its operating systems. There are so many bus in each of windows, whether it is XP or Vista, that it can't stand tall in front of open source coding operating systems, as Linux and Unix, and this is the reason it is asking for more rates, i.e. &50, to sell its computers without windows. If Microsoft has to gain popularity, it should make schools, cafes, education related institutes to take use of pirated windows. In Russia , people know how to crack windows and they are doing it at large. If Russia has to grow its outsourcing market, it has to make some amendments in its law. Piracy is not the solution for cheaper OS to Russia, but to get better results Russia need to avert to Linux and they know it.

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