Wednesday, May 21, 2014

China Bans Windows 8 - IPR Fail

Following the lead of sane people everywhere, the Chinese government has banned the purchase of Windows 8 by any government agency, in order to not end up with an unsupported version of software someday, like with Vista.  Advantage Linux.
Former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer reportedly told employees in 2011 that, because of piracy, the firm earned less revenue in China than in the Netherlands, even though demand matched that of the US.
USA taxpayers have forked over close to a billion dollars to "fight piracy" of Microsoft products in China over the last 30 years.  And for what?  Why not let billionaires cover their own expenses?  End  IPR in USA now!

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