Malaysia Makes Headlines Again, For The Wrong Reasons

Brian · 2nd Dec 2003, 06:51 AM

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Pirates rustle Microsoft's 'Longhorn'

No. 1 software firm says operating system, not due until 2005, now selling in Malaysia for $1.58.
December 1, 2003: 7:04 AM EST

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia (Reuters) - Malaysia's brazen software pirates are hawking the next version of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system years before it is supposed to be on sale.

Underscoring the scale of U.S. companies' copyright problems in Asia, CDs containing software Microsoft (MSFT: Research, Estimates) has code named "Longhorn" are on sale for six ringgit, or about $1.58, in southern Malaysia. Microsoft's current version of Windows, XP, sells for upwards of $100 in the United States.

The software is an early version of Longhorn demonstrated and distributed at a conference for Microsoft programmers in Los Angeles in October, Microsoft attorney Jonathan Selvasegaram told Reuters.

"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 has said Longhorn, which is not expected to be released before 2005, would rank as Microsoft's largest software launch this decade.

The software is on sale in the largest shopping complex in Johor Bahru, the Malaysian city bordering Singapore, alongside thousands of pirated programs, music CDs and DVDs.

Discs in plastic covers hang from racks in more than a dozen specialized stores in the Holiday Plaza center, even though it has its own police station.

Such piracy is rampant in Asia, although the United States praised Malaysia for seizing thousands of illegal discs since May. U.S. trade losses due to piracy in Malaysia fell to $242 million last year from $316 million in 2001.

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.

Longhorn promises new methods of storing files, tighter links to the Internet, greater security and fewer annoying reboots, Microsoft has said.

http://money.cnn.com/2003/12/01/tech...reut/index.htm

zy · 2nd Dec 2003, 09:54 AM

oh man...

this is making Malaysia more famous

.. haha

Brian · 2nd Dec 2003, 11:09 AM

err, what can i say? malaysia boleh?

sleepy · 2nd Dec 2003, 02:04 PM

i like that 8)

siddiq · 2nd Dec 2003, 02:20 PM

yeah. i like this. in indonesia much better. i go to thier cetak rompak shop. damn big. like 100 people were buying them that time. all software is catogerize in shelf.

lung · 2nd Dec 2003, 03:17 PM

R u sure that's a shop... Or a warehouse?

I've been to a cetak rompak VCD/DVD warehouse before... A lot of CDs... A lot of people... Only RM10 per DVD9.

Too bad that warehouse closed already... Maybe shifted location due to the ongoing raids... Now I can't watch high quality uncensored movies at a cheap price no more

Dashken · 2nd Dec 2003, 06:55 PM

Was going to post that but didn't. Coz it will make Malaysia notorious for the wrong reason.

PY 222 · 3rd Dec 2003, 02:33 AM

Yeah! Any publicity is good publicity.

Go Malaysia Boleh.

On a serious note, I think alot of people buying the 'new' software will find it lacking and buggy.

Dashken · 3rd Dec 2003, 03:47 PM

Yeah, still 2 years until it's out. Wonder why people waste RM6.

echunghua · 5th Dec 2003, 08:50 PM

haha... hai~..m'sia is just t oo "famous" in cetak rompak... its the paradise of cetak rompak man!....any1 interested... PM .. me i got..muahahahaha...but honestly no point la testing it out as its not finalise yet

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lung Super Active Join Date: 4 Apr 2003 Location: Malaysia Posts: 1,528 Reputation: 26 Rep Power: 7	R u sure that's a shop... Or a warehouse? I've been to a cetak rompak VCD/DVD warehouse before... A lot of CDs... A lot of people... Only RM10 per DVD9. Too bad that warehouse closed already... Maybe shifted location due to the ongoing raids... Now I can't watch high quality uncensored movies at a cheap price no more __________________ Newest Review: Dungeon Siege - Legends of Aranna Now Playing: Chris Sawyer's Locomotion

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PY 222 DF King Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: Look behind you! Posts: 3,080 Reputation: 24 Rep Power: 10	Yeah! Any publicity is good publicity. Go Malaysia Boleh. On a serious note, I think alot of people buying the 'new' software will find it lacking and buggy. __________________ Signature is currently disabled. Please contact the Administrator for more information.

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