Posted by Ukraine autoresponse on February 04, 2002 at 20:09:10:
In Reply to: A ne hochete poslaty do Kyiv Post. posted by Serhiy on February 02, 2002 at 18:56:42:
KPNews subsidiary SPUTNIK (Why not Suputnyk ? ) financially supports Anti-Ukrainian Russian-Microsoft on their computers in Kyiv. Thus - there is no need to discuss with them anything untill they will make a change by themselves first in favor of ukrainian localised
software in Ukraine ...
: To editor@kpnews.com . Mr. Sunden will appreciate, :)
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: : It's called The Great Russian Microsoft War
: : Against Ukraine. Ukraine will win, Russian Microsoft will fail.
: : Ukraine bulldozes pirated by russian mafia
: : illegal CDs with the Russian Microsoft. By doing this Ukraine is cutting down russian mafia income and at the same time Microsoft markets in Ukraine considerably in favor of cheap and Ukraine-produced Linux.
: : http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1796000/1796306.stm
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: : : Here is a little opinion by an unknown author posted by the KPNews on its front page:
: : : http://www.kpnews.com/main/10473/
: : : It's called The Great Chicken War.
: : : Here, here, very funny. About 40,000 Ukrainian workers are about to lose their pathetic low-paying jobs due to the US banning Ukrainian goods from its markets. Because of Ukrainian laws. They were not good enough to create a little anti-CD police state in Ukraine.
: : : Ukraine bans the US chicken meat. Because of Ukrainian laws, of course. The chickens were not good enough because they were produced against the Ukrainian stadards. With lots of antibiotics and post-mortem preservatives.
: : : The article claims:
: : : "The most acceptable solution would be for the Ukrainian government to retreat down from what will almost certainly turn out to be an untenable scientific position."
: : : It's not a question of scientific position. It's a question of laws. If the US says "according to the recording industry experts" you produce 70 mln illegal CD's. Is this a scientific position? Or is this just some industrial lobby going wild?
: : : Why the hell is it so hard to be a little fair to a little poor nation who CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY $15 CD'S? Why can't there be a little understanding of the very tough situation in that country? You can close down all the CD plants there. You can impose huge penalties on Ukrainian exports. And people will STILL buy $3 CD's. The question is, who will win after poor Ukraine is isolated. The dumb KPNews can't see even one step ahead. All they see is American chiken meat.