The Little Vendor That Could - The Latest In the Mandriva vs Microsoft Saga
Earlier this week, we told you about how a 17,000-seat deal for Mandriva Linux in Nigerian classrooms had been scuttled by Microsoft at the last moment. Well, the saga continues: according to the IDG News Service, the deal is still on.
USPF Pays for 11K Systems, Says Linux Stays
Although the contract calls for 17,000 computers and operating systems, the money isn't coming from a single pocket. The Nigerian Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) is paying for the majority of the systems (11,000), and a spokesman for USPF said "We are sticking with that platform," meaning Mandriva Linux.
TSC vs USPF Tug of War with a $400K Rope
Microsoft isn't going to give up on Nigeria. Microsoft's Nigerian product manager says that the folks from Redmond are negotiating a $400,000 deal with the Nigerian Technology Support Center for marketing activities once the Classmate PCs are switched to Windows XP Pro. TSC is in charge of the classroom computer deployment, and it's also the company that had tried to scuttle the Mandriva deal.
100K>17K, Everywhere
Why would Microsoft offer $400,000 in "marketing funds" on a 17,000 seat contract?
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