The Piracy Trump Card?

So as I was thinking how Microsoft could bring down the Great Firewall in an earlier post, I concluded, "What's the PRC going to do? Ban Windows?"

The answer I was thinking of was, even if it does, people would just get illegal copies of it. But since this isn't in Microsoft's interest, the PRC could force even a mega-standard like Windows to comply by simply threatening (subtly of course given its WTO commitments).

Maybe it's time for Microsoft to move to a new business model.

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