Microsoft and linux in China

Walter Dnes waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org
Fri Jul 13 00:47:37 UTC 2007


On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 09:22:09PM -0400, JoeHill wrote

> It's common knowledge, from what I've seen and heard, that MS
> obtained its market dominance from the beginning in large part due
> to the rampant unlicensed copying of its software

  OK, I'll admit that I'm in my mid-50's.  I remember back in the day of
Windows 2, when you would get a *FREE*, *LEGAL* copy of Windows 2
bundled in every time you bought a mouse or a hard-drive.

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