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Microsoft created a drilling fund to large discounts, or even give windows circumstances, the software giant will be losing a huge amount of international transactions to Linux, according to the published report.

International Herald Tribune reported in Thursdays online edition said it obtained internal e-mail from Microsoft revealed that Orlando Ayala, former group vice president for worldwide sales, marketing and services, and create the Fund was known as the "education and government incentive scheme" pace. The fund will be used to "Tip balance" in favor of Microsoft "only in treatment, we will lose it," Ayala wrote in a July 16, 2002 memorandum. "Under no circumstances lose to Linux," the newspaper said Ayala said in the memorandum.

Funds can be paid 40 billion US dollars in cash, Microsoft has set up, from its amazing success, in part because the business practices that have been found anti-competitive, by the United States Court.

Paper with the Microsoft chairman, in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, so that - Philip courtois, they defended the use of the fund itself, saying it is part of the strategy, "competitiveness" and "relevant" in the market for big government and educational support.

Microsoft also with the London law firm on a project that the legality of the discount plan, which could lead the software giant inconsistent with the antitrust bill, in Europe, the company has been facing two major antitrust action.

Ayala memorandum focused on price fluctuations constraints, the Government and educational institutions, an initial focus on Latin America, Africa, China, India and the Middle East. E-mail later, the newspaper said it obtained show that the discount programs global customers.

Linux and open source have been especially attractive overseas, such as Microsoft do not trust is a complex national concern and sending profits or potential commercial secret, the United States through real or perceived loopholes and mechanisms in Microsoft software. In the developing world, the lower purchase price of the open-source operating system had a strong interest.

Ayala sent his e-mail top Microsoft executives, including Steve Ballmer, who Jiefulaikeshi and Jim Allchin. Ayala is on the 3rd Chief Executive Microsoft, he wrote the memorandum. He was transferred to lead a new division focused on small and medium-sized companies in March.

According to local media reports, Ayalas memo makes it clear that the funds focus includes desktop procurement, Microsoft controls 90 percent of the market share, rather than servers, in the windows out after the 44 per cent of the new shipments. This is a potentially important distinction for European regulators.

"The most important thing is that we have a way to resolve PC purchases involve low-cost/no-cost competitors education (and government) sectors, especially in emerging markets," Ayala reportedly wrote .

Ayala provided an example, assuming that in his e-mail is a government, which is promoting open source software "in order to maintain ft ¡Á dollars in the country and save taxpayers the number of millions of dollars. " Ayala in the For example, the Government is considering the purchase of 50,000 personal computers equipped with locally produced software costing five yuan per person per computer. Ayalas e-mail authorized Microsofts sales staff in order to reduce prices to customers for the largest amount of the personal computer maker Microsoft as a loyalty payment.

The International Herald Tribune article, are here: www.iht.com/articles/96369.html.