MS on the Rampage in Asia?

I'd bet M$ is just waiting for appropriate timing in the BTA/WTO
negotiations to hit VietNam... - best, AD

Software piracy rising again in India, Microsoft official says
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BANGALORE, India (AP) - Software piracy has begun rising again in India,
with nearly 70 percent of the programs used in the country now illegal, a
Microsoft official said Tuesday.

``It is a matter of great concern for us,'' Rajiv Kaul, managing director
of Microsoft India, said at the launch of a school administration software
system in Bangalore, India's technology hub. The software was developed by
a local company using Microsoft technology.

Kaul said piracy declined two years ago after software associations and
Indian authorities made efforts to stop use of illegal software. But the
practice has picked up again in recent months, he said.

Hundreds of thousands of desktop computers in India run on pirated Windows
operating systems, resulting in millions of dollars in lost license fees
for Microsoft, he said.

Individual computer users do much of the stealing, Kaul said. ``Among
organizations, there is a change for the better. They are buying more
licenses now,'' he said.

Kaul said his company will not rely on Microsoft-organized raids or court
cases to stop piracy, because that is the job of state governments.
``Instead, we are trying to educate the users on the need to use genuine
software,'' he said.
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