Quote: <i>This is exactly why Microsoft won't see a red cent from the Chinese for their software: why pay a premium for the legitimate version when the copy does the exact same thing for cheaper?</i><p>When I worked at Microsoft I got to listen to people working on relationship with China around software licensing (i.e not Bing). Accordibng to them the micro-software sells very well there. It was not a smooth sailing by any means and it took a lot of work, not unlike it took Bill Gates a lot of work to start selling software in the US when people were copying it for free instead in 1970s (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists</a>). The visit of Chinese president to Microsoft campus couple of years ago has symbolized the turning point.<p>Could you help me reconcile your point quoted above with the first-hand information I was presented? Thank you.