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Technetra: Piracy: Friend or Foe?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 12, 2004

[ Thanks to Robert
Adkins
for this link. ]

“Despite last year’s promise of a government-assisted Linux
tidal wave in Thailand, little has changed on this particular beach
front of the Information Society. By some estimates, Linux still
counts for an infinitesimal one-tenth of one percent of the Thai
market, whereas various versions of Windows control 90 percent.

“In response to Bangkok’s pressure, Microsoft dropped its prices
85 percent locally in Thailand. However, in spite of reduced
pricing, the relative market for purchased copies of Windows
appears to be ever shrinking…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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