[nzlug] OT Linux on Russia Today

[Simon Bridge]

On Sat, 2008-03-15 at 21:26 +1300, James Paterson wrote: 
> Earlier today I saw an item about Linux on Russia Today (B3 free to 
> air satellite channel.)
> A teacher who was fined for using pirated MS sw has setup an 
> organisation to distribute
I recall something like that happening in Brazil - only I think it was
internet cafes getting hit.

While MS was fighting piracy there, linux adoption rose. There seems to
be this idea that if you don't have to pay for it, Windows is just fine.