Kingsoft Gets a Power Surge
China Tech News reports:
State Grid Corporation of China and Kingsoft have reached an agreement for the monolithic State Grid to purchase WPS Office 2007, a office software product from Kingsoft.
With this agreement, all the units of State Grid throughout China, including 31 regional grid corporations and 21 units directly under the State Grid, will use [...]
Microsoft: We’re Not Abnormal, We’re on Sale
Trading Markets reports:
Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT)’s Office 2007 will be sold at half prices in the company’s online stores and franchised stores in China from July 1, 2008.
It is the second unilateral price change of the computer technology giant after it sold Windows XP operating systems at half prices through distributors like Beijing Federal Software [...]
Anti-Monopoly Law: Don’t Be Abnormal
AFP reports:
China has begun an anti-monopoly investigation into US software giant Microsoft and lawsuits by local companies could follow, state media reported on Wednesday.
China’s State Intellectual Property Office and some research institutions have targeted Microsoft and several other global software firms over suspected monopoly activities, the Shanghai Securities News said.
Firms will be organised to file [...]
Software Piracy: The Jolly Roger Goes to Half Mast
Shanghai Daily reports:
China saw a 53-percent increase in the number of firms using copyrighted software, bringing the total since new laws came into action in April 2006, to 2,300.
The figure was released by the National Copyright Administration over the Spring Festival period, and highlighted an increase from 1,500 in December 2007 to 2,300 by the [...]
BSA to China: Stop Software Piracy, Enter IT Nirvana
The South China Morning Post reports:
The mainland’s information technology sector could reap a hefty windfall should the government succeed in curbing software piracy by up to 10 per cent over the next few years.
A study released last week by pirate software watchdog Business Software Alliance (BSA) and research firm International Data Corp (IDC) estimated a [...]
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