Only 244 copies of Genuine Windows Vista sold in China

[tgpraveen]

Only 244 copies of Genuine Windows Vista sold in China

Microsoft spent millions of dollars advertising its next generation OS 'Windows Vista' in China, in fact the IT juggernaut threw up the biggest Vista Ad on the 421 meter high Jin Mao tower in Shanghai China. However after 2 weeks (Jan 19 to Feb 2) from launch Microsoft managed to sell a mere 244 copies of Windows Vista.

Software piracy is rampant in the middle kingdom and a pirated version of Vista sells for a mere $1 on the streets. The following numbers are quoted by Windows Vista chief distributor in Bejing.


source : - http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=39589

[Possible]

Whats with Ctrl+A'ing and Ctrl+V'ing the entire and then not bothering to add a link to the source either? Meh.

[shantanu]

the article has not been edited.. just as @possible said.. he just copied all.. on the page and pasted here...

[i_am_crack]

DUDE you din't copy paste things properly....edit it and post

[anandk]

reposting some things !

Microsoft Only sold 244 copies of Genuine Windows Vista in China (http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/only_244_copies_of_genuine_windows_vista_sold_in_c hina.php)
http://www.newlaunches.com/entry_images/0407/17/pirated_vista.jpg
check the image ^ it says Ulimate on the RHS :D

[shantanu]

(Jan 19 to Feb 2) is it possible... that Vista Genuine is selling from JAN 19 i dont think so... and the images are all of PIRATED STUFF, that means the source site is FAKE....

[rakeshishere]

Is the chinese version of windows vista ULTIMATE got a Case like this?:D

[praka123]

may be linux is also getting more market share there,as Chinese sarkar is pushing Open SOurce and Free Software.they dont like Windows to be used by their nationals which is closed and Made in US of A.they may be preferring Red Flag Linux a derivative of Redhat Linux.
sources:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1749441.stm
http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/04/1727259&from=rss
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2006/01/a_big_step_for.html

[Tech.Masti]

so they also entering LINUX...... here in india many state govt. also took decision to enter in LINUX slowly.....:)

[freebird]

yeah,esp kerela state got a Debian Linux distro for school called it@school is used in Kerela schools for computer classes removing WIndows almost.

[mediator]

may be linux is also getting more market share there,as Chinese sarkar is pushing Open SOurce and Free Software.they dont like Windows to be used by their nationals which is closed and Made in US of A.they may be preferring Red Flag Linux a derivative of Redhat Linux.

U mean "closed" government promoting "open" source?

[goobimama]

Macs anyone?

[cynosure]

^^ No. What linux was to the govt. 5 years back, apple is now.

[mehulved]

Macs anyone? Nah. Too costly for governments to consider. And then they will also have to buy huge amount of new hardware.

[goobimama]

It was more of a joke than a question....

[thunderbird.117]

reposting some things !

Microsoft Only sold 244 copies of Genuine Windows Vista in China (http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/only_244_copies_of_genuine_windows_vista_sold_in_c hina.php)
http://www.newlaunches.com/entry_images/0407/17/pirated_vista.jpg
check the image ^ it says Ulimate on the RHS :D

This is a pirated copy?.

[Tech.Masti]

Its a "Made in china" special pirated copy:))

[tgpraveen]

thx for editing that for me.

this was one of my first posts in this section so er sorry...

[Choto Cheeta]

Bah.. !!!!!

this is some where i wont mind or rather would live to see China beat India

[i_am_crack]

I cann't say the pic is orinated in MS or not but for sure the Enablers evolved from China first for sure.....

eBro

[anandk]

Microsoft says that a report that it sold only 244 copies of Vista in China in the first two weeks is just plain wrong. Microsoft wouldn't totally clear things up by saying just how many copies it has sold in China, but it did say the first month's sales of boxed Vista copies in China were double those XP had in its first month.
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9711004-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20