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Microsoft fights Chinese software piracy with blackmail
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| To say software piracy and the use of counterfeit versions of Windows
| operating systems and products is rife in China is an understatement of
| colossal proportions. How can Microsoft tackle this problem, which is harming
| its business in the important emerging market of Asia? Blackmail.
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| According to Red Orbit, Microsoft has inked a deal with the authorities of
| the Chinese city of Hangzhou. The new partnership will see Microsoft’s first
| cloud computing center located in the capital of Zhejiang province, a train
| ride away from Shanghai. Microsoft will also help build the IT industry in
| the city.
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http://vista.blorge.com/2009/05/17/microsoft-fights-chinese-software-piracy-with-blackmail/
"It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than
when there's not."
--Bill Gates
Related:
International Open Source Comunity focus on China
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| The OW2 Consortium, an independent industry community dedicated to developing
| open source middleware announced the launch of its Chinese web platform.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/blogs/opensource/0,3800011233,63007799,00.htm
Chinese ordered to stop using pirate software
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| Officials push for Linux OS
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| A CITY IN CHINA has required Internet café operators to replace pirated
| software with legitimate versions – the officials primarily pushing Linux.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/03/chinese-ordered-away-pirate
Chinese city requires Net cafes to use legitimate software
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| As part of Nanchang's crackdown on pirated software, officials apparently
| struck a deal with a local Red Flag Linux distributor to install licensed
| software and provide two years of support for 5,000 yuan ($725 U.S.).
|
| [...]
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| Red Flag Linux is a version of the Asianux Linux distribution, jointly
| developed by China's Red Flag, South Korea's Haansoft, and Japan's Miracle
| Linux. The desktop version of the software is free, but Red Flag and its
| distributors charge users for the server version, as well as for support to
| help companies install and manage the software.
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| Some Internet cafe owners were unhappy with the fee, and complained they are
| prevented from using other Linux distributions.
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| "You have to install Red Flag Linux, and pay 5,000 yuan," complained one user
| on the Jiangxi discussion forum (in Chinese). "If you are using a different
| Linux distribution, they just say it's pirated!"
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9122159&intsrc=hm_list
Chinese flex muscles in Microsoft piracy fight
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| When Microsoft rolled out its latest anti-piracy initiative this year, it was
| not aimed at any particular country. Windows Genuine Advantage, a tool that
| identifies users of counterfeit software and pushes them to buy the real
| thing, was launched worldwide in several geographical blocs.
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| But Microsoft ran into trouble when the roll-out hit China last month. While
| users in other markets kept silent when hit by one of WGA’s more extreme
| features, a mechanism that blackens the desktop background on computers found
| to be using counterfeit Windows, their Chinese peers broke into a storm of
| anger, forcing Microsoft officials in the country into damage control mode.
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ab068622-b408-11dd-8e35-0000779fd18c.html
Microsoft's Chinese Folly
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| No less than Bill Gates himself said in a recent Fortune article that
| Microsoft competes better against Linux in China when there's piracy than
| when there isn't.
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| So, Microsoft actively looks the other way as people pirate its software. It
| builds its market share that way, and lets people get used to the idea of
| having Windows at a certain price.
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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/commentary/64902.html
Microsoft accused of hacking in piracy clampdown
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| Across China thousands of computer screens are turning dark. The reason is a
| piece of software from a US firm.
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| Software giant Microsoft is deactivating unauthorised copies of its Windows
| operating system, in a nation where 82% of all software is pirated – even if
| many end users do not know it.
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http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/electronic-threats/dn15009-microsoft-accused-of-hacking-in-piracy-clampdown.html
Chinese fume at Microsoft anti-piracy
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| China's vocal bloggers seemed stunned that their computers seemed to have
| phoned Microsoft for the anti-piracy tool without asking.
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| "The computer is mine", one angry blogger penned, "Microsoft has no right to
| control my hardware without my agreement", the poor fool thought.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/10/22/chinese-fume-microsoft-anti
Microsoft sued in China for black screen of death
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| A Chinese lawyer has filed a legal complaint against Microsoft for installing
| Windows Genuine Advantage on his computer. He has asked the Ministry of
| Public Security to file criminal charges against Microsoft.
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/10/22/china_fury_microsoft_wga/
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