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I would hate to be the pro- Taiwan saboteur who put anti-Beijing messages in software that ran on computers alongside Windows 95. Imagine having China and Microsoft - two of the biggest, most powerful entities in the world - angry with you.
And all for the fleeting joy of having the slogan 'Communist bandits' pop up unexpectedly on the screen.
I lunched with a lawyer friend yesterday who pointed out that Microsoft was sending corrective software to all 'registered' users in China.
That means the bad guys who are using pirate copies will still have their computers accusing them of being bandits.
Instant justice.
Mind you, the powers in Beijing can hardly complain when opinions are found where they shouldn't be.
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