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Software piracy thrives in China
I like how the piracy focus is always on China. There are other countries with piracy also. When I was in Saudi Arabia 10 years ago all you had to do is walk into the mall and there were people selling software. They were only charging the price of the disks. But they didn't come with any help manuals, it was just the application spanned over whatever amount of floppy disks.
Posted by: Loverock Davidson   Posted on: 04/19/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Software piracy thrives in China  Loverock Davidson | 04/19/06
look at the population  terbushd | 04/19/06
Thats a good point (NT)  Loverock Davidson | 04/19/06
There is no problem in China, Piracy is GOOD for Microsoft in China.  DonnieBoy | 04/19/06
And shoplifting is good for Walmart...  osreinstall | 04/19/06
This is a lot different that shoplifting. The pirated goods cost MS almost  DonnieBoy | 04/19/06
Almost nothing?  osreinstall | 04/19/06
It would cost MS a lot more if they all switched to Linux.  DonnieBoy | 04/19/06
Not really  osreinstall | 04/19/06
It costs Microsoft nothing  voska | 04/19/06
I don't think so  osreinstall | 04/19/06
Exactly  voska | 04/19/06
MS doesn't like passing the cost to you either.  osreinstall | 04/19/06
I disagree  hillman.d@... | 04/20/06
They are already denied the market  voska | 04/19/06
Cannot have a market under those conditions.  osreinstall | 04/19/06
You mean a crippled cheap XP version  voska | 04/19/06
To a point. But there is a Rubicon they are aware of.  osreinstall | 04/19/06
Yep  Boot_Agnostic | 04/19/06
Piracy in China is GOOD for MS. They had better just shut up.  DonnieBoy | 04/19/06
Short term thinking  voska | 04/19/06
Why pay a bootlegger when you got Emule?  GreatInca | 04/19/06
Because it's a hassle  voska | 04/19/06
Access to and speed of Internet  mccartney_ken@... | 04/19/06
Exactly!  danwat1234 | 04/19/06
You won't see this for too long  eric@... | 04/19/06
nonsense  hillman.d@... | 04/19/06
funny economics and social studies  shraven | 04/19/06
I hope they keep it up  Fujikid2 | 04/19/06
how insightful  corticus | 04/20/06
Fuji forgive them, they're blind and deaf  Hrothgar - PCLinuxOS User | 04/22/06
They hip pirates known, steal Solaris  Boot_Agnostic | 04/20/06

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