Founder Technology To Preload Microsoft Windows On More PCs

BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- Founder Technology Group Corp. (600601.SH) will preload Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Windows operating system on more personal computers, the two companies said Wednesday.
Under a memorandum of understanding signed by the two firms Wednesday, Founder will preload Windows software on laptops and commercial desktop PCs.
Founder, among the top five PC vendors in China by shipments, only preloaded Windows on consumer PCs under an earlier agreement with Microsoft.
The latest agreement marks an expansion in Microsoft's push to combat software piracy and promote the use of legitimate software in China. Some PC makers in China previously didn't preload the operating software, letting consumers install illegitimate software on their own.
Microsoft has similar deals with Lenovo Group Ltd. (0992.HK), the largest PC firm in China.
Founder also agreed to distribute Microsoft mice and keyboards in 500 stores in 35 cities in China, and to preload Windows Live, Microsoft's Internet-based services, on its PCs over the next two years.