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Microsoft Should Welcome Piracy in India and China | |
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| Time: 18:05 EST/23:05 GMT | News Source: Business Week Online | Posted By: Andre Da Costa | ||
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By prosecuting copyright infringers in Asia, it drives consumers into the Linux camp. Better to ease up and build market share—for now. On July 25, in a rare collaboration between U.S. and Chinese law enforcement, the FBI and China's Public Security Bureau raided a southern Chinese operation that had allegedly pirated Microsoft Windows Office and Vista software. Microsoft praised the raid, saying it was a milestone in the battle against pirated software. | ||
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| #1 By 32313 (208.131.186.18) at 7/26/2007 6:20:23 PM |
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What the author fails to realize is that pirates in China and India are counterfeiting software to be sold in US and Europe, not just their respective markets.
The counterfeit software, found in 27 countries and on five continents, contained fake versions of 13 of Microsoft’s most popular products — including Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office release, Microsoft Office 2003, Windows XP and Windows Server. The counterfeits were produced in at least eight languages: Croatian, Dutch, English, German, Italian, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Spanish. http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=5744 8 different languages, obviously Microsoft has a right to crack down in this particular case. Its nice for MS yes to have a large user base using Windows and Office everywhere, but at the same time they need to make money too. |
| #2 By 32132 (66.183.202.89) at 7/26/2007 6:30:36 PM |
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"...it drives consumers into the Linux camp"
Not so anyone would notice. |
| #3 By 12071 (203.185.215.144) at 7/26/2007 7:09:56 PM |
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Bill Gates LOVES piracy:
"It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than when there's not," http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article2098235.ece |
| #4 By 7754 (75.72.156.204) at 7/26/2007 9:16:05 PM |
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Better to ease up and build market share—for now.
I would tend to agree... although I don't think building market share for Windows in China is that much of an issue, actually. |
| #5 By 48398 (130.13.158.96) at 7/26/2007 10:11:30 PM |
| If both Vista and RedHat were both totally free, which one would you pick? |
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