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An open letter to Steve Ballmer: “Then, your people get in the game and the deal got more competitive. I would not say it got dirty, but someone could have said that. Your team fought and fought again the deal, but still the customer was happy with the CMPC and Mandriva.

We actually closed the deal, we took the order, we qualified the software, we got the machine shipped. To conclude, we did our job. And, the machine are being delivered right now.

Now, we hear a different story from the customer : “we shall pay for the Mandriva Software as agreed, but we shall replace it by Windows afterward.”

Wow! I’m impressed, Steve! What have you done to these guys to make them change their mind like this? It’s quite clear to me, and it will be to everyone. How do you call what you just did Steve? There is various names for it, I’m sure you know them.”

Min vän Fredrik Paulsson tipsade om denna artikel på Mandrivas blogg. Kände at frågan faktiskt bör ställas till Microsoft worldwide – vad ligger bakom denna affär och hur agerar egentligen Microsoft i länder som Nigeria? Alltså enkelt uttryckt hur kan resultatet av en upphandling så att säga upphävas i efterhand och hur har den nigerianska staten råd att betala två gånger?

An open letter to Steve Ballmer: “Then, your people get in the game and the deal got more competitive. I would not say it got dirty, but someone could have...