thanks Jose. The pirated software is readily available at night markets around the city as well as open-air food stalls and walkways in suburbs such as Petaling Jaya and Bangsar.
In an interview today, a Kuala Lumpur-based IT consultant, who requested anonymity, said that he paid RM10 for a single Office XP Professional CD, which comes with Word 2002, Excel 2002, PowerPoint 2002, Outlook 2002 and FrontPage 2002 for Web authoring.
And while the software giant is aware that illegal copies of Office XP are readily available in Kuala Lumpur, the company has yet to file a complaint with the local authorities. "We are investigating to gather information to file a complaint," said Kenny Cheung, a legal associate with Microsoft's Law and Corporate Affairs Department based in Singapore.
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