[ltp] Re: Lenovo to shun Linux

[Andrew Barr]

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On Tuesday 06 June 2006 11:25, David A. Desrosiers wrote:
> My point was that providing a licensed copy of an OS on a "new" computer
> (a term which is probably going to be questionable) will soon be wiped
> to make way for the pirated version of some other OS in its place, along
> with the pirated applications sitting on top of that OS.

So, vendors, knowing that, will probably throw in a FreeDOS CD-ROM or an old 
Redhat CD and be done with it. They aren't going to drive up the cost of 
their product with something their consumers won't use anyway.

> There was a study done (and I can't find the link at the moment) where
> estimates of >40% of all Microsoft Windows copies running on PCs
> (personal and corporate), were illegal/pirated copies.

The more stunning figures are piracy rates in Asia, specifically China. It's 
in the high 90s IIRC. I would imagine that China is probably under pressure 
from the US and the WIPO and that's what lead to this new law.

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