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Software Pirates in China Beat Microsoft to the Punch (nytimes.com)
9 points by peter123 on Oct 18, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


It was available from technet weeks ago. So why everyone is surprised?


Which reminds me of: "The relationships between Blizzard and russian gamers community were worsened by the fact that the first Warctaft III tournament were held in Saint Petersburg, one week prior to its release date."

However, this time, MS pushes beta builds so agressively that it's wide availability is no surprise.




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