Ballmer called China's commercial piracy problem tricky

According to foreign media reports, Microsoft CEO Steve · Steve Ballmer said on Friday that commercial piracy in China is far better than personal piracy, which is a very difficult problem.

Ballmer said at an industry conference in Madrid on Friday: "On a global scale, commercial piracy has improved a lot. But in China, commercial piracy is far more prevalent than personal consumer piracy. & rdquo; Ballmer also said: "With the support of the Chinese government, we are working hard to solve this problem, but it is more difficult. ”

According to the US Business Software Alliance (BSA), in 2009, 79% of Chinese computers were running pirated software. From 2005 to 2009, the value of these pirated software has doubled to $7.58 billion.

Microsoft said that although China’s gross domestic product (hereinafter referred to as “GDP” is equivalent to twice the combined GDP of India and South Korea, Microsoft’s revenue in China is lower than in India and South Korea. Revenue.

Ballmer and the CEOs of 11 other software companies met with US government officials, hoping that the US government would convince Chinese regulators to crack down on software piracy.