China, Addicted to Bootleg Software, Reels from Ransomware Attack

Re:China, Addicted to Bootleg Software, Reels from Ransomwar... by barrkel on Monday May 15, 2017 @08:06PM (#14346327)

The person you're repyling to explicitly told us his experience. If you say it's not based on experience, you're calling him a liar.

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Re:China, Addicted to Bootleg Software, Reels from Ransomwar... by forumuid on Monday May 15, 2017 @11:04PM (#14347084)

His experience is very shocking, he can not buy a HP or DELL computer with a legal copy of windows installed on it in GUANGZHOU.

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Re:China, Addicted to Bootleg Software, Reels from Ransomwar... by Apfel on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @04:50AM (#14348247)

Actually, the laptops I tried out were almost all Dell + Lenovo (I wanted a thinkpad or XPS). I think, as another commenter said, they were probably Linux + FreeDOS systems originally.

What the store owners would do is use Norton Ghost to put whatever (illegal) OS I wanted on there.

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Re:China, Addicted to Bootleg Software, Reels from Ransomwar... by cynix on Monday May 15, 2017 @08:59PM (#14346589)

I think bgee was saying that their side of the argument (that legal Windows is available) is not based on experience.

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Re:China, Addicted to Bootleg Software, Reels from Ransomwar... by HowardMei on Monday May 15, 2017 @10:51PM (#14347046)

Or maybe he had an experience not reflecting the reality, which often happens when someone fails to overcome the language barrier.

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Re:China, Addicted to Bootleg Software, Reels from Ransomwar... by Apfel on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @05:26AM (#14348366)

I speak Chinese and I was with my Chinese wife. Thanks for the patronising attitude though :P

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