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Nobody Said He Was Stupid- Just Evil
He knows if he cracks down to much it would be all over for Microsoft in China. He already tried a crackdown with the Chinese Government and they converted over 30% of the government desktops to Linux- That is what a 300% growth rate for linux?

Basically he knows he needs piracy to gain enough marketshare to effectively lock everyone in... without the lock-in people will just move to alternatives.
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Gates: Beating Asia piracy will take 10 years  Loverock Davidson | 01/27/06
Nobody Said He Was Stupid- Just Evil  Edward Meyers | 01/27/06
You are an idiot, pure and simple  nucrash | 01/27/06
Talk about out of the frying pan and into the fire!  NonZealot | 01/27/06
Funny  Linux Advocate | 01/27/06
that is really funny  mdemuth | 01/27/06
Proves the point  tic swayback | 01/27/06
Not exactly  mdemuth | 01/27/06
Clearly you did not demo the full package  tic swayback | 01/27/06
Sorry to hear that  Linux Advocate | 01/27/06
Actually, you should get your facts straight  mdemuth | 01/27/06
And as an addendum to my last post...  Linux Advocate | 01/27/06
being locked into both software and hardware  mrlinux | 01/27/06
Try to stay on topic  NonZealot | 01/27/06
Sort of  tic swayback | 01/27/06
Have they solved the boot problem?  NonZealot | 01/27/06
Not yet  tic swayback | 01/27/06
PCLinuxOS 0.92nividia7676 is...  Colonel_Panic | 01/27/06
Might be nice to avoid all this....  tic swayback | 01/27/06
It will have benefits.  osreinstall | 01/27/06
Not!  nomorems | 01/27/06
Whatever Dude.  osreinstall | 01/27/06
Benefits for who?  tic swayback | 01/27/06
DRM is more than media  osreinstall | 01/27/06
Giving a pass  tic swayback | 01/27/06
It will be an issue with any computer if it bothers you.  osreinstall | 01/27/06
We'll see  tic swayback | 01/28/06
That's silly  NonZealot | 01/27/06
You've had a little too much Mary Jane...  #_z | 01/27/06
He fails to see a fundamental here....  Laff | 01/27/06
I think you failed to see some interdependence.  osreinstall | 01/27/06
Things change...and blank happens.  Laff | 01/27/06
Lots of blank can happen.  osreinstall | 01/27/06
I think you failed to see the point.  nomorems | 01/27/06
No you didn't see Laff's point  osreinstall | 01/27/06
Me mad? You must be crazy!  nomorems | 01/27/06
You sound mad.  osreinstall | 01/27/06
LOL ~  nomorems | 01/27/06
Buhahahahaha!  osreinstall | 01/27/06
Why can't the rest of you see it?...  Colonel_Panic | 01/27/06
You are talking about..........  Looneytoon | 01/29/06
False value 'Goodwill' Rights  Nigel Johnstone | 01/27/06
SAPing Goodwill  Nigel Johnstone | 01/27/06
Linux will kill software piracy in Asia  bdg_z | 01/27/06
The Power of the Red Flag  nucrash | 01/27/06
Yep  Boot_Agnostic | 01/27/06
I agree, activation and DRM will be the death of ms  JasonL31 | 01/30/06
Ever hear of "Red Flag Linux", Bill?  jinko | 01/27/06
Yeah, you use it to, ummm, do nothing...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/27/06
China is NOT to ber trusted...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/27/06
ditto Microsoft. Now you see how many view MS. NT  nomorems | 01/27/06
Bravo! My thoughts exactly.  shawkins | 01/27/06
One is a government...  Anton Philidor | 01/28/06
I trust very few  Boot_Agnostic | 01/27/06
No people should really wake up to the fact  Linux User 147560 | 01/27/06
Napolean and China  kel188 | 01/27/06
Yeah Right!  osreinstall | 01/27/06
Mao and Stalin apologists  tic swayback | 01/28/06
Because there were no Holleywood movies on the brutality of Communism.  osreinstall | 01/28/06
Napolean & The Great Satan.  kel188 | 01/28/06
Napolean and the UN  kel188 | 01/28/06
Still preaching the benefits of a Kommisar.  osreinstall | 01/28/06
Napolean and Maths.  kel188 | 01/28/06
I knew Nobel invented TNT  osreinstall | 01/28/06
Napolean and Maths.  kel188 | 01/28/06
Excellent post! My...  Nix_0S_Fan | 01/28/06
for once...  mobrien_12@... | 01/28/06
Message has been deleted.  Nix_0S_Fan | 01/28/06
Message has been deleted.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/29/06
Thanks...  Nix_0S_Fan | 01/29/06
some would say the same about ms - lol  JasonL31 | 01/30/06
Well, Linux usage is going up in China, that will reduce piracy.  DonnieBoy | 01/27/06
If he COULD eliminate piracy, it would cause a massive shift to Linux.  DonnieBoy | 01/27/06
Billions?...Are the...  Colonel_Panic | 01/28/06
Gates: Beating Asia piracy will take 10 years  kel188 | 01/27/06
I forget ...  kel188 | 01/27/06
Still Cheerleading?  osreinstall | 01/28/06
I'm logging out now os'...maybe...  Nix_0S_Fan | 01/28/06
AH HAH HAH HAH...Ten years because...  Colonel_Panic | 01/28/06
someday your os will just stop working as there is no one to verify the lic  JasonL31 | 01/30/06
that's why I stopped registering the Redhat boxes  Boot_Agnostic | 01/30/06
And they reward pirates well:  HypnoToad | 11/01/06

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