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At one point, Bill Gates openly admitted that this was part of Microsoft's China strategy [1]: > Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in Chin
by 0xcde4c3db 5y ago
At one point, Bill Gates openly admitted that this was part of Microsoft's China strategy [1]:
> Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, people don't pay for the software. Someday they will, though. And as long as they're going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade.
[1] https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-09-fi-micropiracy9-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-apr-09-fi-micro...
- bserge 5y agoDon't know about China, but that worked really well in Eastern Europe. After things stabilized and the west "brought law and order", a lot of companies started paying MS licensing fees. Because everyone grew up on Windows and Office. Same for Adobe. Then there's this bullshit: https://www.inputmag.com/culture/peak-design-accuses-amazon-of-blatantly-copying-its-sling-bag https://www.inputmag.com/culture/peak-design-accuses-amazon-...
- bdowling 5y ago> Then there's this bullshit: https://www.inputmag.com/culture/peak-design-accuses-amazon- https://www.inputmag.com/culture/peak-design-accuses-amazon-... I don't see how someone could confuse those two bags. Is the brand company claiming that no one else can make a sling type bag?