[LINK] Microsoft bundling bungling turns India to Linux

[David Boxall]

<http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/01/microsoft-bundling-turns-india>

[Microsoft's] "**attempt to force students in India's state of Tamil 
Nadu to buy Microsoft Office has backfired and they'll be getting 
laptops running Linux instead of Windows."
...
"Microsoft declined to offer ELCOT a bid for the Windows OS alone. 
Instead, the company only offered to sell Windows and Office bundled 
together"...

"By trying to dictate terms and to force ELCOT to accept MS Office 
software it didn't want, it certainly appears that Microsoft has lost a 
sale and 100,000 users this year alone."

If Microsoft keeps up the good work, the future of alternatives is assured.

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David Boxall                    |  The more that wise people learn
                                 |  The more they come to appreciate
                                 |  How much they don't know.
                                                        --Confucius