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The Business Software Alliance estimates the share of Chinese PCs containing pirated software...

  • Friday, May 18, 2012, 4:28 PM ET
    The Business Software Alliance estimates the share of Chinese PCs containing pirated software fell to a record low in 2011, and is down 1500 bps since 2003. Unfortunately, the figure still stands at 77%, well above a global average of 42%, and the Asia-Pac average of 53%. The PC industry's growing reliance on China and other emerging markets has dinged Microsoft's (MSFT) consumer Windows and Office sales, both due to higher piracy and lower license fees.
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    chinese as most communist are not trustworthy.
    18 May 2012, 04:40 PM Reply Like
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    Why not allow OS updates even for pirated OS copies and include in the updates a small program that wipes clean persistent memories of the pirate's computer? If pirates must not be tolerated the most advanced software companies surely could wage decisive cyber attacks? So the picture is not at all clear.
    19 May 2012, 04:33 AM Reply Like
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