gmac Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 (edited) http://www.guardian.co.uk/microsoft/Story/...1359068,00.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/microsoft/Story/...1359599,00.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/microsoft/Story/...1360031,00.html One thing that amazes me in all this why would any pc manufacturer want microsoft to have this kind of power. Can't see the chinese wanting to ley ms get that kind of power over their industry. Edited November 27, 2004 by gmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted November 28, 2004 Report Share Posted November 28, 2004 The Chinese WON'T get MS or any other company (foreign or local) get that kind of power over any kind of industry. While the Chinese economy has becoming a lot more free in the recent years (in terms of economy, it is a actually a capitalist nation), once a company try to get into the politics, the government will stop them cold. For example, recently, some US companies (including McDonald's I believe) got fined pretty heavily for violating Chinese labor laws (something about vacation/work time). So in China, they welcome your business as long as it doesn't mess with the gov't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellis Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 ... once a company try to get into the politics, the government will stop them cold. And lo, it came to pass: China Moots Foreign Software Crackdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted November 30, 2004 Report Share Posted November 30, 2004 The news is not that surprising. According to a CCTV news story I watched a few months ago, the Chinese software developer has been complaining about the monopoly Microsoft is holding (and if my dad is translating it from Chinese correctly, they actually accused Microsoft of "stealing" their research when creating a Chinese version of Office). I guess the Chinese gov't listened to them and now emphasizing local products first by choosing Red Flag Linux and Kingsoft WPS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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