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The Empire Strikes Back - in China

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the oh-no-agreements-at-all dept.

jaymzter writes: "Reuters is reporting that Microsoft is dumping $750 million into China over the next three years. According to MS CEO Steve Ballmer, "What's good for the local industry in every country is good for Microsoft", especially when that other country is actually promoting and developing home grown Linux. From the article it looks like MS is willing to overlook China's legendary software 'sharing' as long as the government stays tight with Windows."

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  1. hey Ballmer by Patrick13 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey Steve-O--

    my friends and I pirate MS software too, give us $750,000,000 too. What's good for us is good for the net economy...

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    ::.. check out some Cell Phone Reviews
  2. Good news/bad news by Dark+Paladin · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Good News:

    China gets an even bigger IT infrastructure.

    The Bad News:

    They spend most of it on hardware upgrades. Forever.

    The Good News:

    More technical knowledge of computers in the country.

    The Bad News:

    It's all directed at creating anti-Pallendrome mod chips.

    The Good News:

    More people in China get onto the Internet!

    The Bad News:

    All they can get is MSN, and only if they use Internet Explorer.

    The Good News:

    China gets to upgrade their military computers.

    The Bad News:

    The first BSOD launches WWIII.

    --
    52 Weeks, 52 Religions with John Hummel
  3. Re:dosent matter by Lao-Tzu · · Score: 5, Funny

    It does so matter.

    A windows open relay will have more downtime. Yippee!