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Microsoft has asked China to crack down on pirated Office software used by four major state-run companies. Speaking to a government panel last month, Microsoft named China National Petroleum Corp., China Post Group, China Railway Construction Corp. and Travelsky Technology as serial users of pirated software. Microsoft alleged that 40 percent of Office and Windows server client software used by China National Petroleum -- which according to Bloomberg is the parent of China's most valuable company -- is unlicensed, while 84 percent of China Railway Construction's Office software is unlicensed.
Re: Microsoft Piracy Pleas Fall on Deaf Ears in China
Posted by: jescott418 2012-09-22 04:05:53 In reply to: David Vranicar
Microsoft should be flattered that so many in China copy their OS and software suites. You don't see Apple having to hunt down people copying OS X. I think China especially is a lost cause. Even Apple does not spend a whole lot of effort on China. They have all kinds of iPhone copy cats but in reality unless the China laws help you fight this and the China government actually cares about it. What good will it do you to try and fight it? Personally what I would do is limit how much hard copies are sold in places like China. Apple has now moved to almost complete download of its software.
Even PC's manufactures have moved away from DVD install discs and just use a silent partition for the OS. But again, in the end your always going to have cheapskates who try and find ways around it.
Even PC's manufactures have moved away from DVD install discs and just use a silent partition for the OS. But again, in the end your always going to have cheapskates who try and find ways around it.
