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Re: M$ IL latest craze



Quoth Gilad Ben-Yossef on Wed, May 26, 1999:
> "Microsoft Threatens to Stop
>                 Hebrew Language Conversion of
>                 Windows Operating System "
> (from Globes on line)

You shoud understand them.  The software piracy rate in Israel
_is_ really high, and it's not good.  Criminals.

> what do they want?

Money.  Let's face it: Microsoft is a falling company, it will
die in 5 or 10 years.

> to stop israeli resselers from selling "naked" machines
> without OSes, say that all those machines end up with pirated m$ software.

Maybe...

> If they succeed, god forbid, we'll be like the US were its VERY HARD to buy a
> computer with out WIndows, especially laptops.

Even if you buy a computer with Windows, you can legally return
Windows back for a refund.

Vadik.

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