Microsoft goes pirate hunting
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| "The criminal syndicate broken up this past summer by Chinese law enforcement
| and the FBI was linked to a significant amount of illegitimate Internet
| activity," proclaimed David Finn, an anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting
| vole.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/11/microsoft-goes-pirate-hunting
Good news to Linux, as always. On the other hand, Microsoft carries
on 'dumping' to stay relevant and Linux is growing nonetheless.
China's Linux desktop market booms
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| The Chinese government's antipiracy movement has had an effect. After the
| central government published two regulations last year to force its
| departments and local governments to stop using pirated software, the
| government has increased its spending on low-cost Linux desktop software.
| Last year, the antipiracy movement focused mainly on senior province and city
| governments, but this year it filtered into the junior village and town
| governments as well -- areas that previously relied on pirated software.
| Currently, the government is responsible for purchasing accounts for more
| than one quarter of China's Linux desktop software market, and the homegrown
| Red Flag Linux leads the government market.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/122473
Market share of GNU/Linux desktops at well over 10%. What would the WinTrolls
say?
Related and recent:
Linux gains ground in China
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| Linux has been riding on a wave in China, topping the growth of all operating
| systems in the first quarter of 2007, says an industry analyst.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/insight/specialreports/0,39044853,62028679,00.htm
Mac claims more Japan OS sales than Windows
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| Sales growth of Windows plummeted from 75.3 percent to 28.7 percent. The
| sudden switch provided Apple with about 53.9 of the total OS-only marketshare
| in Japan during October -- a breakthrough for the company, BCN says.
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http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/11/13/mac.up.win.down.in.japan/
Novell, Dell expand customer choice with Linux offerings
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| Novell and Dell announced to expand Linux offerings with the addition of SUSE
| Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 installed on Dell OptiPlex 330 and 755 business
| desktop PCs in China. The systems will be available later this year.
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http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/pressnews/novell-dell-expand-customer-choicelinux-offerings/11/40/312402
Related:
Why Do You Need Windows?
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| I’ve recently switched to Kubuntu Gutsy (the KDE version of the upcoming
| Ubuntu release) and have to say I absolutely love it so far!
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http://elyon225.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/why-do-you-need-windows/
Microsoft says college students can 'steal' Office
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| Well, actually Microsoft isn't encouraging piracy. Rather it is launching a
| promotion, dubbed "Ultimate Steal," in which college students can get the
| ultra high-end Ultimate edition of Office for just $60.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9777020-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Governments Must Reject Gates' $3 Bid to Addict Next Billion PC Users
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| "Microsoft's strategy of getting developing nations hooked on its
| software was clearly outlined by Bill Gates almost a decade ago," said
| Con Zymaris, CEO of long-standing open source firm Cybersource.
|
| Specifically, Bill Gates, citing China as an example, said:
|
| "Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but
| people don't pay for the software," he said. "Someday they will, though.
| As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours.
| They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to
| collect sometime in the next decade."[1]
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http://www.cybersource.com.au/press/gates_set_to_addict_next_billion.html
Microsoft Happy with the Evolution of Windows Vista Piracy
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| But the truth is that Microsoft is happy with the way Windows Vista
| piracy is evolving. Is there a catch to this? No. The fact of the
| matter is that Windows Vista has delivered a heavy blow to
| software counterfeiters. The reason for this is the new Windows
| Genuine Advantage security mechanism integrated into the
| operating system.
|
| You may not notice this on the surface. On the surface, the
| Internet is crawling with Windows Vista cracks, hacks and
| workarounds. On the surface, every Windows Vista edition has
| been cracked and is available for download via peer-to-peer
| networks. But this is not the true extent of Windows Vista piracy.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Happy-with-the-Evolution-of-Windows-Vista-Piracy-50577.shtml
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