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08.13.08

Microsoft Wants Filipino FOSS Developers to Sell Out

Posted in Microsoft, Windows, GNU/Linux, Bill Gates, Patents, Asia, FOSS at 6:14 pm by Roy Schestowitz

The following new article makes it clear that the same strategies persist.

Microsoft continues to woo open-source developers

MANILA, Philippines — Microsoft is set to launch a developer program aimed at local companies creating applications using the open-source model.

[…]

“It’s easy to recruit because a lot of developers here are creating software for mobile devices on Java, for example. It should be a win-win situation for them since device support for Windows Mobile is increasing,” Dela Cruz said in an interview with INQUIRER.net.

Once again, it’s all about having them develop for Microsoft Windows. There is some more information about it in this new article and it’s the same old chorus.

“It’s a Microsoft business trip and many children’s freedom is at stake.”This lab in the Philippines was mentioned here the other day and it has nothing to do with open source. It’s about finding new ways to subjugate open source developers and make them pay for software patents, which are not even valid in this country (although Microsoft is trying to change that in the Philippines too, having already shot down an open source bill).

A couple of days ago, we mentioned Bill Gates’ escapades in China. It’s a Microsoft business trip and many children’s freedom is at stake. This non-stop push by Gates shows that he is far from retired (new article from Associated Press). Is this philanthropy? Or is it just a cloak of invisibility, whose purpose is to give Gates more room for maneuver with lower levels of scrutiny? █

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