Chinese Ordered to Stop Using Pirate Software

Dec 03, 2008, 19:03 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Emma Hughes)

"Nanchang, the capital of China's Jiangxi province has around 600 Internet cafes which will be affected by the order -- yet some are moaning about the cost of legal software.

"Cafes which don't adhere to this order however, will lose their licence to operate.

""We recommend the use of Red Flag Linux server operating system or Microsoft Windows Server operating system," said the directive issued by Nanchang's Cultural Department."

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