Altium Offers Amnesty to Chinese Pirates

摘要

If you can't beat them, forgive them. Altium has inked a deal with the Chinese government under which the CAD tool supplier will offer amnesty to those using unauthorized copies of its software in exchange for special pricing and access to Chinese-language peer forums.rnAs part of the deal, the company will also establish training centers in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Shenzhen, with the aim of training 40,000 engineers over the next four years. The company estimates that about 95% of the 300,000 people using its software in China do so illegally. Altium's customers in China include Foxconn, the company said.