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Microsoft forced to stop selling four versions of Windows in China
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article published on 18 November, 2009
Beijing's leading Intermediate People's Court has ruled today that Microsoft must immediately cease sales of the Chinese versions of Windows 98, 2000, 2003 and XP after it was found that the OSs include fonts created by a local Chinese company, violating licensing agreements.
The ruling should cause a precedent in the region. "(Chinese firms) are going to think of China as a place to ... [ read the full article ]
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KSib
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18. November 2009 @ 17:34 |
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I thought they stopped selling those versions of Windows anyway...? I certainly can't find them on their site or anything. I guess they do things differently over there.
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SDF_GR
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18. November 2009 @ 18:25 |
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especially for win98 i think this is a great hit for MS and the pc users of china.
What are they going to do now without win98? They are doomed.
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ooZEROoo
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18. November 2009 @ 19:54 |
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Suing over fonts...wow
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19. November 2009 @ 00:07 |
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I know you can still get these operating systems from the technet plus subscription...as far as I know, this is the only way to get windows versions before XP without pirating or buying used. These fonts must be terrible if they removed them from vista...vista wasn't shy about having too many fonts.
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19. November 2009 @ 03:10 |
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Originally posted by ooZEROoo:
Suing over fonts...wow
If they earn their lively hood by making fonts, more power to them.
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19. November 2009 @ 04:37 |
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Originally posted by ooZEROoo:
Suing over fonts...wow
If they earn their lively hood by making fonts, more power to them.
The fonts are owned by a chinese "corporation". If they don't make money, the government with give them money. If they do make money, the government will take the profits. No livelyhoods are at stake here.
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heyjohn
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19. November 2009 @ 06:59 |
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The whole idea of a Chinese court deciding on an intellectual property issue is laughable. Their entire country runs on pirate software (as mentioned in the article) and virtually every product on their store shelves is a rip-off of some western firm's original.
On the bright side, their sales girls are cuter and more helpful than most of those in the west.
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xtago
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19. November 2009 @ 15:44 |
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Quote:
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Originally posted by ooZEROoo:
Suing over fonts...wow
If they earn their lively hood by making fonts, more power to them.
The fonts are owned by a chinese "corporation". If they don't make money, the government with give them money. If they do make money, the government will take the profits. No livelyhoods are at stake here.
Only if it's a government owned company, as people can now own their own company.
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Tzertian
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19. November 2009 @ 18:46 |
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bluedogs
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19. November 2009 @ 20:08 |
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Ah M$ youve done it again. Everything goes well for awhile then all of a sudden BAM from nowhere you guys get busted.
Quick plead poor mouth like you did with the xml and get your friends in as well, you know Compaq, Dell, Acer and all them they will help you out again.
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19. November 2009 @ 22:22 |
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this is no Surprise the Chinese own everything. the Chinese Don't import anything they always seem to be a major export country.
i couldn't figure for the life of me why we still trade with china, they have everything to offer yet when American made goods hit them they inspect that stuff like its a bomb. and for the most Part We are told its to be modified to there liking, and as dumb a county as we are we listen it costs us money to make them happy and they know it.
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19. November 2009 @ 23:16 |
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I wish people would just stop making products for the chinese, let their corrupt government whither and die like they did to the soviet union. It's not like companies would loose revenues, the chinese just steal everything anyway.
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21. November 2009 @ 07:34 |
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just goes to show u that u can create pattens for anything big or small part of software or hardware :)
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21. November 2009 @ 16:41 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
I wish people would just stop making products for the chinese, let their corrupt government whither and die like they did to the soviet union. It's not like companies would loose revenues, the chinese just steal everything anyway.
Actually it was the Soviet Union that made Russia the way it is today, one of the worlds superpower.
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