Lenovo: Most Chinese computers use Windows

Microsoft's Windows operating system has long been so popular in China. The problem is how to convince people in this country to pay for legitimate software.

On the occasion of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Software Giant officials are full of hope the situation will change. The Chinese government has made clear its determination to undermine software piracy in the country, and many computer firms have pledged to ship more products with pre-installed legitimate Windows operating systems. .

One of these is Lenovo Group, the number one computer maker in China and also the name that caused the "seismic" acquisition of IBM's PC division last year. Last night, Lenovo had a meeting with chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer, reaffirming the commitment to ship computers with genuine Windows. Last week, Lenovo's rival, Founder Technology, had a meeting with Microsoft about the same issue.

While Gates called this "an important milestone in the existing partnership with Lenovo", analysts are still cautious. According to them, it will take a while longer, these commitments will be fruitful for Microsoft's revenue.

But anyway in the eyes of Microsoft, the Chinese government's clear determination to suppress software piracy is also an important move, because it considers China a key market for revenue growth in revenue.

Speaking in an AP interview, Yang Yuanquing, president of Lenovo, said 70% of the computers sold in China were pre-installed with Windows legally, up 10% from six months ago.

According to Yang, the "author" of this change is the government, when China requires all public agencies and large companies to install legitimate software, in parallel with the scan campaigns. pirated soft. In the next 12 months, Lenovo will buy about $ 1.2 billion of software from Microsoft, and $ 200 million of this is for the Chinese market.

Thien Y