Re: Seeking help for learning system for absolute beginners

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:48:18 -0800 (PST), pg <penang@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>On Jan 28, 2:00 am, rpl <plinna...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> I'm all for the OP using '98, but it occurs to me that they might be
>> able to get $40-50 for each win98se cd/license on e-bay or something.
>
>We got a whole stack of Win98SE CD, all genuine Microsoft issue! That
>enables us to use Win98SE without fear that the government will raid
>us with flimsy "copyright violation" or even "multimedia piracy"
>excuses.
>
>Not that we do anything illegal (we are trying to do the right thing
>in a crime infested slum area), but the government the rule Malaysia
>does not like our religion (hint, hint) nor the race of our
>volunteers / target audience. (but that's politics, dirty and ugly
>politics, offtopic here, sorry!) But it happened elsewhere to other
>Catholic run operations ! We just have to be careful, that's all.

But the previous poster had a point.  You could sell the Windows CDs
and use Linux for free.  Obviously I don't know the local politics,
but I don't think the authorities would bust you for using free
software.  It's more likely they'll bust you for letting the children
access forbidden web sites.

George
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