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Skriven 2005-09-08 17:48:42 av Mike '/m' (1:379/45)
     Kommentar till en text av Gary Britt (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: 'China has f*cked us' - Bill Gates
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From: Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com>

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-990526.html

Microsoft on Friday signed a pact with the Chinese government to reveal the
Windows source code, making China among the first to benefit from its program
to allay the security fears of governments.

In addition, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates hinted that China will be privy to
all, not just part, of the source code the government wishes to inspect.






On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 23:44:38 -0400, "Gary Britt" <zotu@nospamforme.com> wrote:

>I know, but if they had the source code to MS Office or Windows it would
>make it a lot easier to move anything they wanted to steal from the windows
>world to Linux.  That's why I was asking.
>
>Gary
>
>"Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:431facdb$1@w3.nls.net...
>> Looks like China doesn't wish to pay the high costs of IP and there is a
>> government migration to Linux. I never thought MS would make any headway
>> there
>>
>> http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=170700943
>> According to Jones Day intellectual property rights lawyer Xiang Wang, the
>> Chinese case law on many aspects of intellectual property rights is not
>yet
>> well developed, and cases can take years to settle. The Business Software
>> Alliance-a trade group including software giants such as Microsoft, Apple,
>> and IBM-alleges that 90 percent of all software used in China is pirated
>and
>> that software vendors suffered $3.5 billion in losses last year due to
>> Chinese piracy.
>> The Chinese government has started to realize that this is an obstacle to
>> economic development. And if anybody pays attention to economic
>development
>> these days, it's China. Now, China is beginning to look at open source
>> software as a way out of the intellectual property quagmire that doesn't
>> involve paying high costs.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Gary Britt" <zotu@nospamforme.com> wrote in message
>> news:431fa47c$1@w3.nls.net...
>> >I wonder if Gates ever gave China the source code to windows or Microsoft
>> > Office?
>> >
>> > Do you think Gates thought the Chinese were a gullible and stupid as the
>> > DOJ
>> > and many federal judges when it comes to their business practices?
>> >
>> > Gary
>> >
>> > "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:431fa130@w3.nls.net...
>> >> I take it that MS sales in China aren't going well?
>> >>
>> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/07/microsoft_google/
>> >>
>> >> Microsoft's internal politics - the slipping roadmaps, the meetings
>about
>> >> meetings about meetings, and the lack of even a coherent medium-term
>> >> strategy - are more than just a tech industry soap opera. They're a
>> >> source
>> >> of amusement for the Chinese Government, a departing Microsoft exec has
>> >> alleged.
>> >>
>> >> Gates himself said Microsoft has been "fucked" by the Chinese
>government
>> > and
>> >> the Chinese people, according to Lee, without elaborating how.
>> >>
>> >> We can speculate. Not all CEOs realize that the PRC makes it almost
>> >> impossible to repatriate capital from China. And China's determination
>to
>> >> pursue Linux, for reasons of autonomy and the ability to control its
>own
>> >> destiny, has provided an obstacle to Microsoft's continuing growth.
>> >>
>> >> "I wasn't sure if it was a sign of ignorance or a sign of insult," said
>> > Lee
>> >> yesterday. Lee says that "unethical" behavior drove him from Microsoft.
>> >>
>> >> "People in the government joke about Microsoft's internal politics,"
>the
>> > AP
>> >> reports Lee writing in an internal Microsoft memo
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>

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