__/ [ John Locke ] on Sunday 15 April 2007 20:41 \__
> On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:30:23 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Genuine Windows Vista sold only 244 copies in the whole of China
>>
> I'd say that's about right. The average income for urban China is
> about 1000.00 dollars U.S. Minus Chinese income tax of about 10%.
> That makes it about $900.00 take home.
>
> After paying rent, buying food, etc., I would assume they don't have
> the luxury of spending $100,00 - $200.00 on Vista.
>
> In fact, what is happening is that the bootleggers are selling Vista
> for $2.50 a pop and its selling like hot cakes.
>
>
http://www.discoverhackistan.com/hackistan/news/2007/02/microsoft_vista_exceeds_expect.html
> http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Vista-On-Sale-in-China-45008.shtml
>
> If Microsoft had any sense whatsoever, they would have priced Vista
> at say $20.00 for China and made a whole bunch of money...but instead
> the pirates getting rich.
Best explained by the people themselves...
Chinese attitude on buying Vista
,----[ Quote ]
| I've mentioned above,the price of Vista is higher than RMB2000 (about
| USD257) may not shake users in developed countries, but do you know it
| is equal to the average monthly salary in China's economic center
| Shanghai!So please take this fact into consideration before
| criticize our behavior of buying pirate softwares.
|
| recent survey of public opinion from China's portal NetEase shows that 81%
| of netizens think Microsoft is forcing them to use pirate Vista...
`----
http://ya.iyee.cn/2007/02/chinese-attitude-on-buying-vista.html
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