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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] USA Today Article
From:       Steven <steven () poiema ! org>
Date:       2003-02-28 18:38:15
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Heh yep. This went on right here in my home town of San Luis Obispo. I also 
remember a number of folks from the local LUG's volunteering to help with 
their migration. I'll bet USA Today didn't mention that!

On Friday 28 February 2003 09:20 am, Mark Bucciarelli wrote:
> Just posted on LinuxToday.com.  Wow.  Not specific to KDE, but Free
> Software in general.  Here's the lead ...
> 
> SEATTLE - Sterling Ball is Microsoft-free. Two years ago, the maker of
> Ernie Ball electric guitars and strings was slapped with a $90,000 fine by
> the Business Software Alliance for what the company says was unwitting use
> of eight unlicensed copies of Microsoft Office.
> 
> USA today is about as watered-down, palaver-eating mainstream as you can
> get here in the U.S.   It's an amazing strong article for Free Software. 
> Of course, they call it public domain, but heh, the got the gist right.  :)
> 
> http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2003-02-26-desktop_x.htm
> 
> 
> Mark
> 
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