Microsoft Cracking Down On Indian Retailers

slashthedot writes "Microsoft caught some Indian retailers selling pirated copies of Windows by sending in a dummy customer to ask for a copy of Windows to be installed on their PC. The dealers claim that they are promoting MS software in this way. One retailer said: 'Since we are are not charging anything extra for installing the software, it means that we are actually not trading in pirated software. For us this is just a sewa (selfless act) that we are offering to our customers. Besides, the pricing of their operating systems is way too high for the Indian markets.'"

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[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:If m$ is too pricey

[Anonymous Coward]

I can guess a few reasons why they prefer M$ over Linux over there:

1) Most of the PC users are programmers or wannabe programmers. They need a machine to learn .Net and all the other _rap that western companies want outsourced. Linux right now doesn't pay the bills. When outsourced Linux development becomes popular, things may change.

2) Pirated OS + Pirated SW = No guilt way to get even for 400 years of colonization. Didn't the Brits pirate away the crown jewels from India? Add up the Billions stolen from India, China and the rest of the former imperialist colonies and it doesn't amount to a fraction of the money supposedly lost to piracy (what's the price of the Kohinoor diamond compared to a few bits of data ?).

3) Linux is too much of a hasle to get running and keep running (flame bait). I like Linux but to the average 3rd worlder it's pretty complex. It needs an Internet connection just to look up the thousands of sites devoted to answering the mirade questions on its quirks. Never mind that M$ has lots of problems, but it mostly works out of the box.

4) It's not like M$ needs any more money.

Re:If m$ is too pricey

[timmarhy]

yes because that's what poor indians who can't afford windows are going to do, play quake 4 on thier $500 video cards which they also can't afford, you fucking retard.