Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
High Plains Thumper wrote:
Robin T Cox wrote:
Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
But yet, even in countries where people are poor, they
still pirate Windows rather than use Linux.
Only according to Microsoft, who apparently also allege
that everyone else has been stealing their patents, but
refuse to say which.
Obviously the Singapore Government wasn't very impressed
with Microsoft in 2004, when told this:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/18/ballmer_linux_lawsuits/
[quote] Use Linux and you will be sued, Ballmer tells
governments Lawsuit doom over 228 'stolen' patents predicted
And do you actually think some Chinese person buying a pirated
copy of Windows from a kiosk on main street in Beijing cares
about this?
Legitimate user in China is concerned about this. Even users in US:
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/152210.asp
[quote]
(I should also add that Windows Genuine Advantage has upset users
in the U.S. too. Microsoft was sued in June 2006 by a user who
alleged that the company didn't adequately disclose details of
the tool when it was delivered to PC users through the company's
Automatic Update system. And last summer, a Windows Genuine
Advantage malfunction led some machines with legitimate software
to slip into a "reduced functionality mode").
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