Taiwanese Parliament votes Against Microsoft 139
linumax writes "Taiwan's parliament has voted to end its dependence on Microsoft software, demanding that the government reduce purchases from the software giant by 25 percent this year. The resolution, passed on Friday, is an attempt by the island's law-making body to end the near monopoly Microsoft has with local government offices, a legislative aide said. Local newspaper Commercial Times said however that the resolution may not be binding because it runs against fair trade regulations in Taiwan. Officials at Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission declined to comment."
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Which will... Re:In related news (Score:1, Funny)
Re: Expect a flying visit from Ballmer (Score:4, Funny)
Taiwan might give up Microsoft, and monkies might come flying out of Bill Gates' butt?
Chinese Missile Launch Sequence (Score:4, Funny)
- Boot up missile command system.
- First thing you do is install latest security patches, or else some kid in San Jose, California is going to take control of your missile.
- Log in to Hotmail.com to get the target coordinates from your superior officer. You will find it buried somewhere in the middle of 80 or so M3NSGR0WTH spams.
- After your clear the pop-up messages blocking the launch widget, launch the missile.
- Restart whole prodecure after missile crashes in the blue ocean of death well short of its target.
Re: Chinese Missile Launch Sequence (Score:5, Funny)
Probably will anyway, before you can download and install the patches.
> - Restart whole prodecure after missile crashes in the blue ocean of death well short of its target.
And blame the rocket driver.
Somewhere in an office in Redmond... (Score:5, Funny)
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Wow, lucky break for Taiwan. They might just stand a chance now if China choses to use force.
Taiwan? Buying Software?? (Score:5, Funny)
It's a Whole New World!
Re:Windows is the only real option (Score:3, Funny)
What the heck else are they going to use? Linux? Ha!
Hey Steve, stop wasting your time in these forums and go back to work!
--- Bill
Another Bully Stared Down (Score:2, Funny)