http://desedo.com/blog/e-pluribus-unum/ a blog by desedo Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:09:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://desedo.com/blog/e-pluribus-unum/comment-page-1/#comment-2460 MHB Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:57:36 +0000 http://desedo.com/blog/e-pluribus-unum/#comment-2460 Even though Bill Gates aint soft on Piracy, he knows its value. Back in 1998, before people were talking BRIC, BG said: "Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, people don't pay for the software. Someday they will, though, and as long as they're going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade..." It's the network effect, and nowadays Windows holds 90% of the Chinese OS marketplace. Even though Bill Gates aint soft on Piracy, he knows its value. Back in 1998, before people were talking BRIC, BG said: “Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, people don’t pay for the software. Someday they will, though, and as long as they’re going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They’ll get sort of addicted, and then we’ll figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade…” It’s the network effect, and nowadays Windows holds 90% of the Chinese OS marketplace.

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