Hackers rule.
On February 15, 1999, 100 protestors gathered next to Microsoft's Silicon Valley offices to demonstrate against the “Windows tax.” The protestors argued that computer users have to pay dues to Microsoft because nearly all personal computers come with Windows and that consumers using other operating...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 350; no. 8107; pp. 63 - 65 |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
2/20/1999
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