CS>> Am I the only one tired of hearing microsoft sponsored ads on the radio
CS>> telling me not to help my friends (they call it pirating software)?
I like the wording of "pirating software". Do you have a skull-and-bones
flag already? A sword? Do you hang Windows resellers on the mast of your
f
> * Micro$oft points to China as the worlds largest pirate
> country. What a
> nice way for the Chinese government to say "bugger off"
> without triggering
> an international incident ("Microsoft's 6th Navy bombards Shangai with
> shrink-wrapped Win2k boxes").
At this rate Israel will move to
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Guy Baruch wrote:
> I wonder who the worst opressor of costumer-choice is,
> microsoft or the goverment of china ? (note one of them does not shoot
> demonstrators, yet.)
> in fact, when china's people will be able to choose for themselves
> (which I hope is soon, like a d
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, 10:03 Guy Baruch wrote:
GB>> I wonder who the worst opressor of costumer-choice is,
GB>> microsoft or the goverment of china ? (note one of them does not shoot
GB>> demonstrators, yet.)
ITYM "consumer" choice. OK, did you actually *read* that? Or just heard
about someone wh
I wonder who the worst opressor of costumer-choice is,
microsoft or the goverment of china ? (note one of them does not shoot
demonstrators, yet.)
in fact, when china's people will be able to choose for themselves
(which I hope is soon, like a decade or 2) will this lead to a backlash
against li
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The CNN version of this story is
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/01/06/china.microsoft.reut/index.html
