[Am-info] IMHO, MickySoft bought someone....MUST have!!

[Fred Miller]

Newham and Microsoft sign 10-yr deal | The Register

"Microsoft and the Newham Council have signed a ten year agreement - worth =
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least =A35m - making Microsoft the council's software provider of choice.

This is the concluding chapter in a long-running battle between the Redmond=
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based software giant and the open source software community for pride of=20
place in the London borough's IT department. As well as significant upgrade=
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to the IT infrastructure and standardising on one version of Windows, the=20
deal will see social workers equipped with Tablet PCs - part of making home=
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visits more efficient."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/16/msoft_newham_10yr_deal/

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"Running Windows on a Pentium is like getting a Porsche but only being
able to drive it in reverse with the handbrake on."