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How should we manage the Vendola-Puglia-Microsoft deal?

Nichi Vendola explains (but does he?) his Berlusconi-like deal with Microsoft

Italian Left Leader signs Berlusconi-like deal with Microsoft

Nichi Vendola is president both of south-eastern italian region Puglia and of the Italian left party Sinistra Ecologia Libertà (SEL or “Left, Ecology, Freedom” in English).

Microsoft video proves that Microsoft Office is like cocaine and has dealers inside schools

On October 6th, 2010 Microsoft published a short video on Youtube titled “A Few Perspectives on OpenOffice.org”. The video is about “Some thoughts from OpenOffice.org users and why they switched back to Microsoft Office” (OpenOffice.org and its offspring LibreOffice are “free-as-in-freedom” alternatives to Microsoft’s Office productivity suite. They have no license costs and natively support OpenDocument, an international standard format for office documents).

Computer health certificates for surfing the Internet? Are you serious?

The importance of Document Freedom Day explained by Microsoft job offer

March 31st, 2010, is “Document Freedom Day (DFD), a global day for document liberation”. Local events have been organized all over the world to “educate the public about the importance of Free Document Formats and Open Standards in general”.