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Posted in Asia, Bill Gates, Deals, Microsoft at 7:21 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, shortly after Gates had allegedly retired (to do more politics), he met with the head of the UN, which was encouraging Free software adoption at the time. So what did they discuss? Were any favours possibly exchanged through the Gates Foundation? Stories of UN corruption are too easy to forget.According to this new article, “In partnership with the United Nations, Microsoft recently launched Imagine Cup 2009.” Why is the UN liaising with a company so widely known for criminal behaviour and discrimination against underprivileged countries?Microsoft is also sniffing around for lock-in opportunities and it seems to have just found another victim in Bahrain, which was (or still is) exploring Free software [1, 2]. This new agreement smells like another MoU (Memorandum of Understanding), which is discriminatory. We wrote about these before, e.g. in:Quick Mention: Microsoft’s Newham-type Scam in the Middle East and North AfricaMicrosoft Tightens Grip in Africa with Memorandum of Anti-competitionLatest Microsoft Procurement Scandals: Hungary, Quebec, UAEMicrosoft Dealt Another Big Blow in Europe (UK), Pawns Exposed FurtherUrgent Need for Transparency in Procurement, Standards-Setting ProcessFunny Microsoft Business in UK Public Sector Just Got FunnierRichard Steel’s and Microsoft Ballnux Franchise (Updated)There is related information also in:Number One Lobbyist Gets Tax Breaks, Government Deals, Innocent ChildrenQuick Mention: Microsoft Intersection with the United States GovernmentMicrosoft and BECTA’s Secret Deals: Case Study in Exploitation of TaxpayersActivists Battle Microsoft Fascism in ItalyLG Tops Microsoft ‘s Linux Patent Deal with Memorandum of UnderstandingBECTA: Still All About MicrosoftMicrosoft Dealt Another Big Blow in Europe (UK), Pawns Exposed FurtherAnother Form of GNU/Linux Tax, Courtesy of BECTA (UK)Becta, Its Microsoft Affairs, and OpenDocument FormatMicrosoft’s Exclusionary Deal in the UK: BECTABECTA’s Latest Disappointment: ‘Open Source’ from a Windows Shop?All these secretive deals do mean a lot, so someone, somewhere ought to keep track of them for future reference which accompanies complex explanations that are backed by compelling circumstantial evidence from the past. █
____ [1] Region’s open-source experts to support first of its kind conference in Bahrain
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> The DataShell IT Open Minds Conference and Exhibition, scheduled to take place on 13th November, will be a first of its kind for Bahrain, bringing together regional business decision-makers as well as IT executives and providing them with information and resources to implement Linux and other open-source solutions in business infrastructures.
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[2] Bahrain LUG Announced
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> We are pleased to announce the first meeting of the Bahrain Linux User Group!
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