Microsoft Should Welcome Piracy in India and China
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| By prosecuting copyright infringers in Asia, it drives consumers into the
| Linux camp. Better to ease up and build market share—for now
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http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jul2007/id20070725_504325.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
Linux is already growing in China, India, and Russia. Prosecution of the
Russian teacher and crackdowns in China have led the government to mandating
the development and/or use of GNU/Linux.
Related:
Microsoft Happy with the Evolution of Windows Vista Piracy
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| 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.
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| You may not notice this on the surface. On the surface, the
| Internet is crawling with Windows Vista cracks, hacks and
| workarounds. On the surface, every Windows Vista edition has
| been cracked and is available for download via peer-to-peer
| networks. But this is not the true extent of Windows Vista piracy.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Happy-with-the-Evolution-of-Windows-Vista-Piracy-50577.shtml
Microsoft's $3 software is a cheap stunt
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| But one UK charity boss says the offer of cheap software is
| meaningless without any machines to run it on. "Without the
| hardware it's like donating the tyres but not the tractor," said
| Tony Roberts, CEO of Computer Aid International. "Currently
| the price of a new PC in developing countries is GBP600. That's
| higher than the average annual income per head in countries
| such as Malawi [GBP300] and Zambia [GBP500]."
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39336
Governments Must Reject Gates' $3 Bid to Addict Next Billion PC Users
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| "Microsoft's strategy of getting developing nations hooked on its
| software was clearly outlined by Bill Gates almost a decade ago," said
| Con Zymaris, CEO of long-standing open source firm Cybersource.
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| Specifically, Bill Gates, citing China as an example, said:
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| "Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but
| people don't pay for the software," he said. "Someday they will, though.
| As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours.
| They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to
| collect sometime in the next decade."[1]
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http://www.cybersource.com.au/press/gates_set_to_addict_next_billion.html
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