Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> China says U.S. piracy case will 'badly damage' ties
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> | Widespread bootlegging of films, music and software in China has long
> | irked Washington, where many officials and lawmakers blame piracy for
> | a portion of the massive U.S. trade deficit.
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> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6178615.html
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> China already has plans to adopt Linux. If piracy is halted, then there will
> be cooperation among citizens.
Microsoft can't force people with no money to pay, can they? But if a
piracy crackdown is successful, then what will these Chinese "pirate"
users do then? Well done Microsoft, you've just handed the key to the
kingdom over to Linux - your financial loss, is our mind-share gain.
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K.
http://slated.org
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| I found [Vista] to be a dangerously unstable operating system,
| which has caused me to lose data ... unfortunately this product
| is unfit for any user. - [H]ardOCP, <http://tinyurl.com/3bpfs2>
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