Microsoft announced that if you have a bootlegged copy of Windows in China, and tell Microsoft how you got it, they’ll sell you a legit version for half price. What a deal! Microsoft reports that the offer will cost them much more then a similar one in the UK did last year, I see it as Microsoft making a ton more money then they would have if they did not make this offer to the Chinese. I guess it’s just the way you look at it.
Here is more from the news.com article; To qualify for this offer, users with unlicensed copies of Windows installed on their machines need to complete an online form in which they disclose how they obtained the bogus software. For example, they will have to specify whether their existing Windows packages were installed by an independent reseller, bundled with their PCs at the point of sale or purchased from street peddlers. A discount voucher will then be e-mailed to these users following their submissions.
You go Microsoft. Crack down HARD on those shonky users. Half price? That’ll teach them to flout the law. Tell you what! If they have Windows & Office give them copies for FREE. The big double deserves harsher treatment.