[HanoiLUG] Five years in jail... for 20 computers in a school lab

[Le Xuan Thao]

> Subject: [Reader-list] Microsoft lost! Linux wins?
 
This story has nothing to do with Linux. The message if any is that
Russian now can use bloated, pirated, bad software and still claim
to be happy and innocent.

> There has been moderately active Linux community in Russia, with
> availability of cheap hardware and good programming skills. However,
> there has been little government or institutional support, and a lack
> of understanding of why one would want not to use Windows. But not
> anymore.
 

> My name is Sasha, I live in Mitischi (near Moscow), and I am 30 years
> old. I have never - you hear me? never - bought any licensed
> software. And I never will. Let me know if you want my passport
> number, my address, and go ahead, sue me. I'd be only happy. I have
> about 15 unlicensed Microsoft products installed on my laptop. All of
> it - pirated. I am not ashamed, and please do not tell me about
> programmers who want to eat. ... Sue me

Shame. Not only programmers need to eat, they're also human and want to
be appreciated for their hard work.

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