1. PC Dealers Strike Over Microsoft Charges.
- Author
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Ribeiro, John
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STRIKES & lockouts , *DEALERS (Retail trade) , *COMPUTER industry , *COMPUTER software , *FRAUD , *WINDOWS (Graphical user interfaces) - Abstract
The article reports that computer dealers in Gujarat, India have shut down for a day to protest Microsoft Corp.'s charges that 13 of them shipped pirated copies of Windows with their computers. South Guharat Information Technologist Association president Bharat Randeri argues that computer dealers in the state follow policies that ban the use of pirated software. He contends that they do not install pirated software on their computer units. However, he explained that dealer employees sometimes install illegal software at the request of clients due to the expensiveness of legal products.
- Published
- 2007