[ltp] Re: Lenovo to shun Linux

David A. Desrosiers linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:50:10 -0400


On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 09:38 -0400, James Knott wrote:
> 
> A new law was passed in China recently, to require all new computers
> to be sold with a valid copy of an OS.  This law is intended to combat
> piracy. 

In other words, this law does nothing to combat piracy, other than to
soften the worries of businesses, while doing absolutely nothing to
fight the copyright violation problem around commercial software
products. 

Ok, business as usual then.