From the Dark Side--Beijing Dumps Microsoft

2004–09December 1, 2004Macs Only!Dark Side
M$ lost a $3.5 million deal to supply software, Windows and Office, to the Chinese municipality according to this TechWeb article. Beijing dropped M$ under pressure to buy Chinese products developed around open source Linux. [Bill Fox]

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