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WGA Makes Friends Worldwide

The Chinese aren't such big fans of Windows Genuine Advantage. We're all for fighting piracy, but is WGA really the best way to do it? Then again, with piracy rates at something like 90 percent in China (according to the article, anyway), it's hard to blame Microsoft for trying to fight fire with fire -- even if everybody ends up getting singed a bit.

Posted by Lee Pender on 10/23/2008 at 1:22 PM

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