Microsoft Corp is facing problems with the Communist government of China: the Ministry of Electronics Industry appears to be hindering Microsoft’s P-Win, a Chinese version of Windows to protect Chinese software developers by preventing Microsoft from extending its global market domination into China; China lacks software standards so developers must write software versions for all popular environments, a costly duplication of labour; Industry insiders say Microsoft has no one to blame but itself, Reuter re-ports, citing the software giant’s arrogant, clumsy approach to China and a series of political and technical blunders such as developing P-Win in Taiwan; P-Win so far lacks most popular Chinese-input methods and fails to support many programs – including major Microsoft ones.
