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i'd like to know more about this...i'd like to know more about this...Posted Nov 1, 2007 16:19 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304)In reply to: i'd like to know more about this... by ipes Parent article: Mandriva CEO rants at Steve Ballmer
Transparency International have long rated Nigeria as among the most corrupt countries on Earth; for some years it was right at the bottom. Bribery is not just par for the course but essential to get *anything* done.
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i'd like to know more about this... Posted Nov 1, 2007 17:37 UTC (Thu) by peace (guest, #10016) [Link] If what you say is true, than Mandriva must have payed out some bribes to get the original contract of 17,000 units.
i'd like to know more about this... Posted Nov 1, 2007 18:57 UTC (Thu) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link] Doubtful, as Mandriva doesn't really have the money to offer a large enough bribe.
i'd like to know more about this... Posted Nov 1, 2007 17:38 UTC (Thu) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75) [Link] Bribery may be helpful to get things done in Nigeria, but it's illegal for any company in the US under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. If somebody could prove that Microsoft had gotten a contract through bribery- not an easy thing to prove, of course- the company could be in even more legal trouble.
i'd like to know more about this... Posted Nov 1, 2007 20:15 UTC (Thu) by ncm (subscriber, #165) [Link] Microsoft's advantage there is that there's always lots of money changing hands already, and "discounts" and "marketing support", don't count as bribes; and threats to reduce either of them don't count as extortion.
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