Microsoft on Monday rebuffed a public appeal by Mikhail Gorbachev for its chairman, Bill Gates, to intervene on behalf of a Russian school principal charged with software piracy. -IHT
Many may have noticed this case where Gorbachev asked and Bill Gates declined.
It bears repeating. Personal computers do not need proprietary software. There are excellent alternatives like Ubuntu and a host of useful applications that come with it (read my story). Whatever machine you buy or acquire, you can wipe the harddrive and install free software alternatives. There are numerous local linux groups that can help you.
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