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June 3, 2010

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Indonesia Is Better Than China: Microsoft

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Indonesia Is Better Than China in the sense Indonesia pirate Microsoft’s sofware a lot less than China

Steve Ballmer said his company saw less potential in China than either in Indonesia or India. Why? The piracy of software. “There are two things that make a country interesting,” said the Microsoft chief executive. “One is it buys a lot of PCs, the other is they pay for the software that gets used on those PCs.” Said Ballmer about China: “There is no software market to speak of.”

Of course there isn’t. According to one estimate, about 80% of the copies of Microsoft’s Windows in China are pirated versions. And what is the figure for the company’s Office software? That would be 95%.

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  1. Jun 3 2010

    Mas, bisa nggak kalau komentar di wp dot com harus lebih dari 3 kalimat? Caranya gimana?

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  2. selamat Indonesia
    Ok kamu bisaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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  3. That’s not all good news, though. It seems that Indonesia has to struggle harder to combat software piracy once and for all. Comparing ourselves to the worse might make us feel better for a while, but it doesn’t necessarily solve the real issue.

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  4. Feb 8 2011

    tumben kita dapat pujian

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