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To: Mannie who wrote (9126)	3/2/2004 6:52:45 PM
From: RealMuLan	Respond to of 110194

>>I just read somewhere where the Chinese government has also dictated that a certain percentage of software sold in China, must be Chinese produced. << As a matter of fact, 100% of computers of Chinese government organizations/agencies are now required to use software made by locals. Personally, I see NOTHING wrong with this, whatsoever. And this does affect MS a lot, since individual computers in China is still minority until now, not to mention some of the private computers are using piracy software. China blocks foreign software use in gov't By Staff, CNETAsia Monday, August 18 2003 10:11 AM A new policy by China's governing body will rule that all ministries buy only locally-produced software at the next upgrade cycle. asia.cnet.com