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Microsoft denies $400 000 payment to Nigerian contractor

Microsoft has denied media reports that it paid a Nigerian government contractor US$400,000 to try and prevent Linux's movement into the government sector.

Media reports had alleged that Microsoft proposed to make the payment under a joint marketing agreement last year in order to persuade the contractor to replace Linux OS with Windows OS on thousands of Nigerian school laptops.

However, Thomas Hansen, the regional manager for Microsoft West, East and Central Africa, said although a joint marketing agreement was drafted to document the best practices for using technology in education, it was never executed.

Read the full article on itnewsafrica.com.

[12 Nov 2008 11:05]

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