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[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 83 points 4 months ago (8 children)

What I predict will happen is that Microsoft will offer them Windows for free or bribe the relevant decision makers with free Surface Pro laptops (for "evaluation") or other Microsoft paraphernalia.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 38 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Or with creating Microsoft offices in their cities, like they did with Munich.

[–] eardon@lemmy.ca 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So this is what the companies do with their money...

They use it to expand their influence!

[–] DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago

I have a text replacement ahb to 🌎👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀 for scenarios like this.

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