Microsoft stooping lower than ever in desperate bid to hold back all vestiges of the Linux tidalwave ...

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Microsoft recognizes the importance of Japan and threw up some roadblocks, which we had to overcome. Two days before our press conference in Tokyo announcing the product, we got news that Microsoft had called the landlord and threatened a lawsuit if they allowed our press event to take place at their premises. We had to scramble to find another location, which actually worked out well. The new venue was larger, which we needed to accommodate the standing-room-only crowd of reporters. It was clear from that first meeting that Japan is hungry for choice on the desktop. Online e-commerce is not nearly as popular in Japan as in the US, so a lot of the Linspire sales there take place in retail stores. It's a constant battle to keep products on store shelves and positioned prominently though, because we have been told Microsoft uses its weight to "encourage" retailers to not carry our products.

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