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From s5h.net
Omatek Unveils World’s Smallest Desktop PC
The global technological stage received a boost yesterday in Lagos with the launch of Omatek handtop Personal Computer (PC). Disclosing that it is the world's smallest PC, the Group Managing Director of Omatek Computers Limited, Engr. Mrs. Florence Seriki, said it was in continuation of the company's trail blazing efforts on the global technological stage.
Related: The Prickly Prince From Microsoft Strikes Again
Dare Obasanjo, a Microsoft employee and the son of a former President of Nigeria, doesn’t like it when people disagree with him. I found that out in 2007 when Obasanjo vandalized the TechCrunch Wikipedia page in response to a post we wrote that was mildly critical of Microsoft’s hiring of a blogger to edit certain Wikipedia entries relating to Open Office standards. His actions as an individual and as a representative of Microsoft were outrageous.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/12/the-prickly-prince-strikes-again/
[Mandriva CEO:] An open letter to Steve Ballmer
Wow! I’m impressed, Steve! What have you done for these guys to change their mind like this? It’s pretty clear to me, and it will be clear to everyone. How do you call what you just did Steve, in the place where you live? In my place, they give it various names, I’m sure you know them. Hey Steve, how do you feel looking at yourself in the mirror in the morning? Of course, I will keep fighting this one and the next one, and the next one. You have the money, the power, and maybe we have a different sense of ethics you and I, but I believe that hard work, good technology and ethics can win too.
http://blog.mandriva.com/2007/10/31/an-open-letter-to-steve-ballmer/
Lessons from Africa: How to Kill Your Own FUD
So, even as Microsoft claims superior quality over Linux, they act as if they don't even buy their own FUD. If they really believed that Windows was superior to Linux, they wouldn't have to bribe people with “marketing help” to get them to choose Windows.
http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2007-11-09-030-26-OP-MD-MS
Linux wins Nigerian school desktops back from Microsoft
"We are sticking with that platform," said the official, who would not give his name.
http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?newsid=6124 http://tinyurl.com/27ycq9
And the Nigerian government chose Windows [It didn't] why?
That’s precisely what Nigeria did. Having used the Classmate with Mandriva installed, I simply can’t find any flaws in the system that would lead to such a switch. No deficiencies compared to Windows, no performance problems, no installation problems, nothing. Mandriva just works in this setting and works well. No wonder François Bancilhon was angry.
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