Longhorn for Sale in Malaysia

" "It's not a ready product," he said from Malaysia. "Even if it works for a while, I think it's very risky," to install on a home computer, he said.

Chairman Bill Gates (news - web sites) has said Longhorn, which is not expected to be released before 2005, would rank as Microsoft's largest software launch this decade."
And when asked why piracy is such a big deal over there...
" Selvasegaram said pirates would shut their shops whenever Malaysian authorities launched a clampdown, only to reopen within days or even hours. He said software companies were working with the authorities on the problem, but the police were more concerned about controlling pornography."
One is illegal, the other is not..

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