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Offline krissel

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Chinese ticked off at Microsoft
« on: October 24, 2008, 04:36:01 AM »
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"Why is Microsoft automatically connected with my computer? The computer is mine!" one angry blogger wrote on popular Chinese web portal Sina.com. "Microsoft has no right to control my hardware without my agreement."


http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20081022/tc_...ina_microsoft_2


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Chinese ticked off at Microsoft
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2008, 06:42:32 AM »
I love this one:

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"If the price of genuine software was lower than the fake one, who would buy the fake one?"


Um, let's see... Thinking.gif
Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.

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Chinese ticked off at Microsoft
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2008, 01:20:04 PM »
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"The purpose ... is to help our customers to determine (if) genuine software is installed on their computers," Microsoft told Reuters.


"help our customers"????

meaning: "help Microsoft" biggrin.gif
Ignore the argumentative nature of this poster. He is old and can't engage in meaningful dialog very long.
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Chinese ticked off at Microsoft
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2008, 03:22:29 PM »
The "Chinese" just haven't been drinking the "Kool-Aid" long enough to know that there is nothing sinister about MS. MS just wants all their users to experience the "Joy of Windows!" rofl.gif

Wonder if those complaining feel the same way about their government control of other parts of their lives? Wonder how many of those people even know of the limitations that are being imposed just on their Internet access? dntknw.gif Maybe that's in the article... wallbash.gif
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