PT Microsoft Indonesia and the Indonesia Computer Business

PT Microsoft Indonesia and the Indonesia Computer Business
Association (Apkomindo) signed on Thursday a memorandum of
understanding (MOU) in order to promote the use of licensed
software in Indonesia, where software piracy reaches 89 percent
of the total sales.

Apkomindo would request its members, which amount to about
1,300 vendors in 15 cities across the archipelago, sell computer
hardware installed only with genuine software, association
chairman Hidayat Tjokrodjojo said.

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'Govt policies support unfair competition'

Government policies support unfair competition

Antimonopoly watchdog KPPU said on Thursday that monopolistic
practices are still flourishing, as the government often issues
policies that create monopolies, and businessmen are still
inclined to collude with policy makers.

"A number of the government's policies have hindered efforts
to introduce healthy business competition. Deregulation and
attempts to reduce state intervention in the economy and market
are not yet apparent," chairman of KPPU Syamsul Maarif told a
media briefing on Thursday.

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U.S. to check cargo at foreign ports

U.S. inspectors to check U.S.-bound cargo at foreign ports

U.S. inspectors will check U.S.-bound cargo containers at
seaports in Muslim nations and other countries in the second
phase of a government program launched after the Sept. 11
attacks, The New York Times said on Thursday.

U.S. inspectors will remain indefinitely in Dubai -- a key
transshipment for container cargo in the Arab world -- Malaysia,
Turkey and other Muslim nations, senior administration officials
told the daily.