Remember Mr. Gates' recent visit to China, as well as flirt with its leaders?
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| Many such vendors previously sold PCs with free operating systems such as
| Linux or none at all...
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| Observers believe the Chinese vendors signed their deals with Microsoft
| in April under pressure from Beijing, which is trying to show it is
| making serious efforts to stamp out piracy -- a major complaint from
| many Western governments.
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| In late March, the Chinese government went so far as to issue a
| decree requiring PC makers to install a licensed operating system on
| each machine before it left the factory.
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What does a "licensed operating system" mean? Is this decree ethical, or even
legal? Is it against the law to buy just the hardware now???
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060601/bs_nm/china_microsoft_dc
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