Microsoft Windows XP, Office of pirated computer users will be compelled to black

According to the network on October 15 media reports, Microsoft will be held on October 20 (next Monday) in the Chinese market within the framework of the start Windows XP Professional and Office of genuine authentication scheme, then, the installation of pirated Windows XP Professional Edition The computer will be mandatory "black" (a frequency of once per hour, the desktop into a pure black background) first, Office of the menu bar will be added, "non-genuine software" logo.

This is the second against Microsoft Tomato Garden version Windows operating system after more stringent anti-piracy operation. "Tomato Garden" incident, the Garden site tomatoes Hong Lei was head of the Suzhou police arrest, I believe that because of Microsoft's pressure on the Chinese official, Hong Lei will be able to escape prison. According to related rumors, Microsoft plans to verify the genuine, but also to further promote Windows sales in China. An internal Microsoft e-mail shows that Microsoft's marketing areas encourage the Chinese personnel "Please use this opportunity to commend your customers to buy genuine products so as to avoid receipt of the notification or black face."

Microsoft next Monday will be the official start of the two genuine authentication schemes are named: Windows Genuine Advantage (referred to as the "WGA") and the Office Genuine Advantage notification (referred to as the "OGA"). Microsoft's WGA program is only for Windows XP Pro users, and for pirated Office users OGA scheme covers Office XP, Office 2003 and Office 2007 suite of users, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook components.

Microsoft Windows from the late 1980s has been the most popular PC machine operating system, in particular, Windows95, Windows98, Microsoft has laid a complete PC software empire in the field of absolute leadership. Microsoft Windows, Office software, such as in China accounted for more than 90% of the PC, but the vast majority of users, in particular, individual users are still using crack version of its software piracy. In this case the strict protection of intellectual property rights of Europe and the United States and other developed countries is inconceivable, because in these countries the use of pirated software may be subject to legal action.

Over the years, the Chinese software piracy has been rampant, there are many reasons behind the one hand, the price of legitimate software is expensive, far beyond ordinary people's economic and psychological endurance; on the other hand, protection of intellectual property rights in China is the lack of adequate legal and Moral constraints. For this reason, Microsoft in the Chinese market has been trying to lower the price of legitimate software to allow users to buy more and use their legitimate software, on the other hand, Microsoft has also put pressure on the Chinese government, China has increased software piracy Crackdown. But it is the case, Microsoft's Genuine Software prices are still far more than money can easily buy a few pieces of pirated software; from the status quo, the Chinese government can not be pirated software on individual users to take legal measures. It is worth mentioning is that in each of the new Microsoft software officially listed for sale, including Windows, Office, an official from the city out of some of the OEM version of the code (key). Bill Gates has admitted that Chinese users of pirated Windows in China has played a huge role in the promotion.

It is foreseeable that the Microsoft Genuine Advantage anti-piracy plan still would be little effect. Microsoft's biggest rival Google, we can find to break a lot of procedures or methods. Microsoft and other software makers have to continue to put up with "China's national conditions" for the trouble they bring.