Microsoft and linux in China

[Paul King]

> http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/07/10/microsoft_china/index.html

I like the part where Gates is forced to say that "Piracy isn't so bad after 
all". If this is an actual quote, this has got to make Gates the lowest life 
form besides the amoeba. He stands for no higher principle than the Dollar 
Almighty.

However, it can also mean that he is hinting that he could be going open source 
at some point. That sounds impossible, but that above quote contradicts years 
of Microsoft leading the charge against piracy, and the Genuine Advantage 
program. But the quote also sounds utterly improbable. Would he keep market 
share by going open source, or going the way of RedHat and others, with a 
retail production version and a downloadable freebie for everyone else?

Or perhaps, being the richest man in the world, maybe he thinks he can have it 
both ways (piracy OK in China; not OK elsewhere). That would not be a first for 
powerful public figures.

Paul King

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