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Taiwan Forces MS To Cut Prices, Unbundle Software

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the remember-to-make-it-look-like-a-concession dept.

bev_tech_rob writes "This article from ZDNet reports how Microsoft has agreed to cut prices on their software after a backlash from the country's effort to crack down on piracy. Seems the citizens were forced to obtain pirated copies due to the high cost and having to buy software they did not need to get the parts they DID need."

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  1. g to the oatse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    c to the izzex
    fo shizzle my nizzle, y'all!!!

  2. Taiwan - famous for...paying for software? by gazbo · · Score: 0, Troll

    But why should MS be concerned? Taiwan was famous for nothing more than piracy - the theft of MS's software. Remind me why they would care about what Taiwan says?

  3. next it's Apple's turn to play fair by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Apple's monopoly is choking consumers and cutting off choice from the free
    market. Let's hope Taiwan can pressure Apple into more realistic pricing.

  4. IN POST-SOVIET RUSSIA ... by duck_prime · · Score: -1, Troll
    Russia was the first country to take advantage of the program in January.

    Knowing russian social structure, (considering I used to live there...) that source will quicly become public.
    IN POST-SOVIET RUSSIA ... free wants to be information? Um, somebody help me out here.
    1. Re:IN POST-SOVIET RUSSIA ... by BollocksToThis · · Score: -1, Troll

      Um, somebody help me out here.

      In Soviet Russia, consumers fuck Microsoft.

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      This sig is part of your complete breakfast.
  5. In Soviet Russia... by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...the software pirates YOU.

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    "Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
    --Dr.W.Edwards Deming