On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:22:55 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> | Microsoft has seemed to be flying high in the Peoples Republic of China
> | lately. Bill Gates spent several days in Beijing earlier this year in
> | meetings with high-level officials, after hosting Chinese President Hu
> | Jintao the spring before at Gate's own home. And legitimate copies of
> | Microsoft products appear to be at last gaining ground in comparison to
> | pirated copies, albeit at the price of discounting them to almost
> | unimaginable levels (students can now reportedly obtain a Windows/Office
> | bundle for the incredible price of $3). Many credited Microsoft's
> | pragmatic decision to accept Chinese realities and not insist on having
> | everything its own way.
Microsoft has just redefined the word "fishy".
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