Microsoft Makes Moves in China
WinInfo | at | by Mike
This week, Microsoft extended its reach in China by getting the country's top PC makers to agree to bundle Windows XP on their PCs and to promote antipiracy measures. Also, Microsoft released Pocket PC 2002 in China, which is the third largest software market in the world and the fastest-growing market for Microsoft software.
The antipiracy pledge is particularly important because more than 90 percent of software bundled with new PCs in China is pirated. But Microsoft hopes to recoup lost revenues with an agreement from the country's top four PC makers to end this practice and preinstall XP on all their new PCs. The companies--Great Wall, Legend Holdings, TCL Computer Technology, and Tsinghua Tongfang--represent about 60 percent of the PCs sold in China.