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Re: [News] Linux Desktop Grows in China, Windows Becomes Less 'Free', Microsoft Presses and 'Dumps' for Revenue

* Roy Schestowitz fired off this tart reply:

>
> China's Linux desktop market booms
>
> http://www.linux.com/feature/122473
>
> Market share of GNU/Linux desktops at well over 10%. What would the WinTrolls
> say?

They'd read a bit further and try to laugh:

   Despite its rapid growth, China's Linux desktop software industry
   faces some problems. Piracy is still an issue. Using pirated Windows
   can be easier and cheaper than using a Linux desktop OS. Zhen
   Zhongyuan, vice president of Red Flag, says that China's Linux
   desktop market would increase as a "geometric series" every time
   piracy decreases 1%.

   The high uninstall rate of the Linux desktop OS also diminishes
   actual growth. According to CCW Research, 31.9% of Chinese users
   uninstall their Linux desktop OS after buying a computer with it
   included. Some computer retailers themselves uninstall it and install
   pirated Windows instead if buyers ask for it. Retailers and personal
   users are more inclined to uninstall it than industry users, who
   seldom uninstall it because their industry software runs on it.

   Additionally, the low-cost advantage of Linux desktop software is
   diminishing. Microsoft has taken a more flexible pricing tack in the
   Chinese market, offering increasingly better discounts for Chinese
   computer producers. An anonymous executive of a Chinese computer
   producer says that his company considered using the Linux desktop OS
   at the beginning of this year, but eventually went with Windows
   because Microsoft didn't charge much more than the service fee of
   Linux companies. He suggested this could be looked at as a victory
   for Linux, as it had forced Microsoft to lower its price.

> Microsoft Happy with the Evolution of Windows Vista Piracy
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| But the truth is that Microsoft is happy with the way Windows Vista
>| piracy is evolving. Is there a catch to this? No. The fact of the
>| matter is that Windows Vista has delivered a heavy blow to
>| software counterfeiters. The reason for this is the new Windows
>| Genuine Advantage security mechanism integrated into the
>| operating system.
> `----
>
> http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Happy-with-the-Evolution-of-Windows-Vista-Piracy-50577.shtml

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Tux rox!

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