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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (9122)	3/1/2004 11:00:42 PM
From: Mannie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

Interesting piece, Jim.. I just read somewhere where the Chinese government has also dictated that a certain percentage of software sold in China, must be Chinese produced. I'll look for the article..

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (9122)	3/1/2004 11:15:00 PM
From: Mannie	Respond to of 110194

Posted by michael on Saturday February 28, @08:54PM from the self-defense dept. October_30th writes "In order to fight the alleged Microsoft monopoly, the Chinese government is establishing quotas for foreign software. While the details are still unclear, the government may require that up to 70% of software on Chinese computers is produced domestically. Regulations like this are, of course, expected to come under fierce criticism from the WTO." I couldn't get the referenced article to load on the old browser I am currently on, but you can chase it from here: slashdot.org