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Does Microsoft Need China?

Posted by michael on from the great-wall dept.

angkor writes "Does Microsoft Need China? Interesting article from CFO.com's perspective on MS pricing strategies in the developing world: 'Put another way, Microsoft is relying on current pricing and a goodly portion of the world's tech growth to sustain its 31 percent net profit margins. But an increasing portion of global tech growth will come from Asia's burgeoning economies. And it's precisely in Asia--with China in the lead--that pressure to alter the uniform pricing structure for its software is the strongest in the world...'"

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  1. Re:It's Not Just The Price by strictfoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft has difficulty making inroads with the PRC goverment is because he central plan is not the have China beholden to foreign interests

    I think it's Microsoft's silly belief that Taiwan is a country.

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  2. Of course they need China... by IronMagnus · · Score: 5, Funny

    What would M$ do without China to produce all of the CDs on which windows is distributed.

  3. Due to the mess that Microsoft constantly makes by teamhasnoi · · Score: 4, Funny

    I would avoid China, and instead give Microsoft paper plates and a sippy cup.

  4. Mirror, Mirror on the wall by MikeMacK · · Score: 5, Funny
    If you looked in the mirror one morning and discovered you were Bill Gates, how would you regard China?

    Probably not the first question I'd ask, probably more like, what the hell am I going to buy today?