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Chinese Linux rises 22 percent in 12 months

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Linux sales in China have rocketed through the roof in the last year, but how many of these Linux PCs are being used as a cheap route to a pirated Windows machine?

Although the overall market for Linux in China is relatively small on the global scale, at around $5.4 million for the first quarter of this year, the China-based CCID Consulting group reports that the actual sales value has shot up by a whopping 22.6 percent during the last year.

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Comments (3)

tracyanne ·
Quoting:That said, it also appears that many consumers are using the cheaper Linux PCs as a quick and cost effective route to Windows courtesy of the piracy problem which is widespread within the country.


And he knows this for a fact because.........
nikkels ·
And he knows this for a fact because.........

I live here in Thailand for 12 years now...........they do the same. Not that they say linux is crap or something like that, but it is familiarity with windows. Asus is offering blank HDs on their M-series laptops and a Linux CD with the sale. Next shop sell XP, Office and Photoshop on one CD for $5. I have seen MANY shops who sell comps with linux preinstalled ( Mandriva - Fedora ) . Same as above...clean HD, install XP

Vist get scolded on around here
hkwint ·
No mention of Thailand in the WTO when it comes to 'piracy'. However, Russia _was_ mentioned and threatened with sanctions if they didn't do anything about - amongst others -pirated software. Strange, isn't it? Probably the Russians are far richer, so they don't mind trading oil & gas against Windows licenses.

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