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> That is something that didn't happen with Windows.

Baidu dominates on the desktop in China as well. China is a unique situation, since the government actively encourages domestic copycats of foreign companies while preventing/making it difficult for those foreign companies trying to enter the Chinese market.



Yes, it dominates the desktop, but Microsoft doesn't depend on search revenue quite like Google does.


I guess most copies of Windows in China are pirate too.


Yup, by Ballmer's estimate (as of early 2011), 90% of the copies of Windows in China are pirated.

http://www.neowin.net/news/ballmer-9-out-of-10-copies-of-win...




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