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The End of Naked PCs in China?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-didn't-know-they-even-bought-software dept.

fishter writes "The Chinese Government is calling on PC manufacturers to ensure that a properly licensed operating system is installed on their products before they leave the factory. One manufacturer has already signed a deal with Microsoft to install its operating systems on all its personal PC products. The edict would also apply to foreign manufacturers supplying PCs to Chinese companies and residents."

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  1. How Dell does it by SWroclawski · · Score: 4, Informative

    I think this is why when Dell sells a computer without an operating system (their N series), they ship it with FreeDOS.

    That's a legal operating system. It comes with a CD of FreeDos and a printed copy of the GPL.

  2. Re:But it does... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Don't the Chinese have a word, "mu," that basically fits in next to "yes" and "no"? I believe it means, "You're an idiot for asking that retarded question." (That's a rough translation.)

  3. U.S. Made China Do It by fh8510 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Look at this announcement, under the Intellectual Property Rights http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_ 1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2006/04/0125.xml I am sure Microsoft is behind this.