WastedTimes

[aiolos]

micros0ft spent millions of dollars advertising its next generation OS 'Windows Vista' in China, in fact the IT juggernaut threw up the biggest Vista Ad on the 421 meter high Jin Mao tower in Shanghai China. However after 2 weeks (Jan 19 to Feb 2) from launch micros0ft managed to sell a mere 244 copies of Windows Vista.

Software piracy is rampant in the middle kingdom and a pirated version of Vista sells for a mere $1 on the streets. The following numbers are quoted by Windows Vista chief distributor in Bejing.

They even make great packaging (complete with typos) : http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=39589

[Mop]

Funny , but also sad in a way....China is on the rise , they copy anything...damn...could mean trouble ahead my man.

[aiolos]

It seems micros0ft didn't like the free publicity. They claim things are not that bad. But again no numbers. Just a comparison to XP. I think XP must have sold about 50 original copies in the first couple of months




micros0ft can only try and put a good face on some of the news on the Vista front, such as Dell's decision to bring back XP, for example. There's only so much you can say to make that sound good.

But, micros0ft says that a report that it sold only 244 copies of Vista in China in the first two weeks is just plain wrong, the Softies say.

"Recent speculation regarding sales data in China is inaccurate," micros0ft said in response to an inquiry from CNET News.com. "We're pleased with the positive consumer response we've seen around the globe to the security and usability enhancements in Windows Vista--and China is no exception."

micros0ft wouldn't totally clear things up by saying just how many copies it has sold in China, but it did say the first month's sales of boxed Vista copies in China were double those XP had in its first month.