The End of Naked PCs in China?

fishter writes "The Chinese Government is calling on PC manufacturers to ensure that a properly licensed operating system is installed on their products before they leave the factory. One manufacturer has already signed a deal with Microsoft to install its operating systems on all its personal PC products. The edict would also apply to foreign manufacturers supplying PCs to Chinese companies and residents."

Re:The Physical Install

[voice_of_all_reason]

You must be new to The People's Republic.

Their government doesn't take too kindly to wise-asses getting around the intent of the law. Enjoy your gulag!

Obscene PCs

[malsdavis]

Well Good!

Nakedness is evil, it is unnatural and the work of the devil.
Hasn't Church taught you anything?

Re:as if this will have any effect on chinese pira

[Trigun]

you can even buy DVD's of movies there before the movie is released in theaters over here (not camcorder-made either) !

Geez, you would think that having the dvd presses in China and paying the workers peanuts would amount to a very tight supply chain.

Re:Doesn't mean it has to be Windows

[suv4x4]

"I hate the way this whole 'naked PC' thing is painted as purely a piracy issue. We just bought 10 Workstations from HP that come with WinXP Pro and no way to buy them without despite the fact that they are intended as Linux machines and HP advertises them as fully Linux compatible."

You actually bought the machines purely for the Windows didn't you? You love Microsoft, and you love Windows, it's best to confess, you don't want something to.. you know... happen to your home machine's Automatic Updates, now do you?

- B.G.

Naked PC's???

[Keill]

I guess that'll help with the the overheating then? Dunno about dust though...

The power of a slashdot post.

[Anonymous Coward]

"That is amazing. I knew that Microsoft could influence governments, but whoa, this is too much."

Most conspiracy theories are. I have a genuine Area 51 UFO for sale. Any takers?

Evil Empire, meet Evil Empire.

[Anonymous Coward]

Seems MS has found a Nation that is compatible with it's own totalitarian tendencies.

Re:as if this will have any effect on chinese pira

[jmacleod9975]

Then it is privateering.

Re:But it does...

[Mateo_LeFou]

Actually the kittens exist in a 50% "drowned", 50% "sunk" state until you open the box.

I was wondering who cared

[Anonymous Coward]

Clearly Hu cares.

Re:How Dell doesn't do it

[Kludge]

It's also considerably simpler to support.

Well, yes, it is easier to support a product that doesn't do anything.

Re:as if this will have any effect on chinese pira

[smeenz]

heh.. I found learning Thai numbers was very useful. I found it very amusing to watch an old British woman asking in the queen's english "how ... much ..... is ..... this ?" and watching the look of "oh boy, I'm gonna make money on this one" come across the seller's face.

After she left, I walked over and asked (in Thai) for the price of the same thing and he started at half what she had paid after bargaining... I didn't buy it either.