Taiwan legislature takes on Microsoft

Posted by tadelste on Jan 16, 2006 6:59 AM EDT
MacWorld UK; By Dan Nystedt
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Taiwan's legislature has passed a resolution asking the government to reduce its purchases of Microsoft Corp products by 25 per cent this year, a further sign the world's largest software company is running into resistance in Asia. The resolution, passed on Friday, is an attempt by the island's law making body to reduce Taiwan's dependence on Microsoft, which holds a near monopoly on supplying software to local government offices, a legislative aide said.

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