Pro installation of cracked Win 7 booming business

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Comments Posted on Nov 11, 2009 Posted by Tai-Pan

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While cracked software in China is not news, the latest Microsoft Win 7 is going a step further than just providing a few bucks for shady software pirates. Apparently the cracked versions of the new OS are a bit harder for your average bear to install than previously and now “Professional Installed” versions of Win 7 has created a new business opportunity for some of the less reputable vendors in Beijing’s Zhongguancun market who are making about 3000 Yuan (USD 440) every 2 days. The service takes about 40 minutes per customer and the stores are servicing about 30 customers per day at a rate of 50 Yuan (USD 7) to 80 Yuan (USD11) for Win 7 Family edition.

Apparently the news reporter covering this story says about 80% of netbook venders they interviewed in the market were offering the service citing customer requests for upgrades to their Windows XP OS.

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0 # Tai-Pan 2009-11-11 15:00

what's kind of ironic is that Microsoft has pulled their download version of Win 7 because they've been accused of improperly using some open source code to provide the download function... I guess when they use someone else's code its just borrowing :)

news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10394191-56.html

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