Oh my gosh, how rude. What are the Chinese people supposed to do? Doesn’t Microsoft realize the impact they will be making on the Chinese economy? How could they even think of making the Chinese people do the right thing and use legitimate software?

A top Chinese copyright official chided Microsoft for launching an “anti-piracy” tool that causes screens of computers using counterfeit software to turn black and said the company’s prices were too high.

The U.S. software giant launched its “Windows Genuine Advantage” program last week, prompting lawsuit threats and howls of indignation in China, where the vast majority of computer users are believed to be using counterfeit software, unwittingly or not.

This is just cruel. So many people won’t be able to log onto the internet and launch denial of service attacks. What are those people supposed to do? It’s not like they can just go out and start a new career in North Carolina health insurance or something respectable like that.

Next thing you know, we’ll be sending them bailout checks to help them through this “crisis”.

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