Piracy battle is key in China
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer pointed out recently that the company's software has achieved greater market share in China than in the United States. It might have sounded like bragging, but Ballmer was actually highlighting a major source of frustration for Microsoft and other software companies. The situation results from widespread piracy in China. "We didn't adopt the conscious pricing strategy in China to match Linux prices," he said, referring to the popular open-source operating system, available for free. "It's just that's what most people happen to pay us."