Paul B said:
Well in the UK, you buy one TV licence which allowes you to use more than
one TV in the house.
In one house.
And when did you ever have to buy one audio cd/video tape/dvd disc per
player, hmmm if the companies could get away with it I am sure thats what we
would have to do.
Do you have the right to make copies OF that CD/video tape/DVD and stick it
in each player? No. Typically, you have the right to make A BACKUP COPY,
yes. But not to play in multiple players at once.
so Mr I rob you silly Microsoft could be a little more generous.
They're a business. "Rob you silly?" Because they want you to actually *pay
for* what you use? Sure, some of their prices are high, I'll give you
that... but then again, that's why I'm running OpenOffice. Choices, not
piracy, thankyouverymuch.
And lets be honest a pc can't do anything without somesort of operating
system, unlike other items you buy ready to use with no further purchase
needed.
Fine. Want one you don't have to pay for? Linux. FreeBSD. OpenDOS. BeOS PE
(or one of the "remade" versions.) MacOS 6. 7. 7.1, 7.5... oh, wait, those
don't run on a PC.
Just imagine going out and buying any electronic item, say a dvd player and
getting it home only to find you have to go and buy the firmware to make it
work.
Have to buy DVDs for the DVD player, don't you?
And on the subject of stealing software, just remember who started the ball
rolling so many years ago
Consumers. Piracy was rampant pre-Microsoft. I remember seeing stacks of
floppies and cassette tapes for TI 99/4As, Commodores and the like. No
Microsoft involved. Microsoft didn't even exist then.
Then there's the "cross pollinization" of Unix (tm) and BSD.
Look it up if you don't know or can't remember.
Should take your own advice.
So the debate continues, everyone has their own views and beliefs, and
Microsoft will be making more and more money no matter what.
They're a business. Don't like them? Run a different OS. Use different
office suites. Use a different browser. Nobody's *forcing* you to use
Microsoft anything. Hell, go buy a Mac. Oh, wait, they're there to make
money, too.
Also there seems to be two distinct opinions.
1.Honest folk that buy all their software hate the people that use pirated
software.
Gee, wonder why. Could it be because they keep having to deal with MORE
anti-piracy, copy protection, and/or activation schemes while their prices
go UP?
2.Folks who use pirated software hate the honest buyers of software.
Hadn't heard that one before. What, jealous that they get support, manuals,
and patches that don't disable the pirated software?
The moral of the story is that as long as people keep buying it it will
always be available, and at what ever cost the maker thinks he can get away
with.
Capitalism's a wonderful thing, eh?
But if less and less people bought it the maker would have two choices
listen to its customers and change or go out of buisness.
Hmmm, no, there's "improve the product," "compete," "go out of business,"
"find out why people aren't buying," and/or "do whatever is needed to
prevent theft of their product."
who's right who's wrong, thats amatter of opinion.
Hmmm. Purchasing and using legitimately, right.
Theft, wrong. Strangly, the law's on the side of that "opinion."
Nit.
