Holee crap!!!
From Slashdot:
"Whilst Microsoft was bragging about the sales number of their latest OS Windows Vista, few would actually know that they have only managed to sell 244 copies in the whole of China in the first 2 weeks. You heard that right, and that's the number quoted from the headquarters of the Windows Vista chief (90% national volume) distributor in Beijing."
I would have been shocked if they had claimed 2440 copies...this is just ridiculous!
I guess I really shouldn't be surprised since it is possible to buy US$1 DVDs of movies pretty much anywhere in China...
...the day after it comes out in the US...
...often weeks before it even reaches the Chinese movie theaters...
I've actually watched a couple during long business trips to China (cheaper than Blockbuster), and the main difference is that the quality just gets better as the bootlegs improve. Eventually, the DVD starts to near DVD quality until the day that it gets released on DVD, at which point it's pretty much over.
Enterprising capitalists never fail to impress!
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