Microsoft argues the case against piracy

Its all BS stats. If windows was say impossible to pirate, people still wouldn't but it - they'd just be forced the switch to linux.

Its like game piracy - when there's a report that 40 million copies are illegal. Do you really think that if people couldn't copy, it they would actually buy it!
 
My intention is to get knowledgeble in Linux enough, so that I can give that to everyone and not charge them for an OS.

Then M$ will start losing some money, in a good way.
 
I'm sure M$ would rather that you pirate their software than use OSS...
 
And, if they would keep selling XP for a few more years, you would not have people starting to pirate it on a massive scale. The piracy against their own software is their own reward.... use your monopolistic position to make your software the most widely used on the planet... you can expect to be one of the biggest targets of pirates.

But if you sold your OS and your Office suite for... say $50... you might just see an exponential rise in profits.
 
Jeff Raikes said:
"If they're going to pirate somebody, we want it to be us rather than somebody else. We understand that in the long run the fundamental asset is the installed base of people who are using our products. What you hope to do over time is convert them to licensing the software."
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Who is lying?
 
boo-hoo-fscking-hoo... This from a company that built it's foundations on other people's work
 
As said above if M$ just made their software more affordable in South Africa, then I believe they could maximize sales oppertunities.
The way thay package their Office bundles is also crazy.
I am a private user and was going to buy their Home and Student 2007 Office package, until I saw the bundle: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote.
I can't understand why Outlook is not included. I use their WM 6.1 Professional on my TyTN II and need Outlook to synchronize with.
OneNote has great features and I use it quite often, but I would rather have Outlook included if I was given the choice.
Surely they must realise that financial values are different when one compares a Corporate to a private individual's pocket:mad:
M$ you are your own worst enemy, fed by you greed and need to dominate.:eek:
 
There was two "ladies of the night" working the same bar, one charged $1000 and the other charged $100. If the first had one client and the second had 1000 clients....
 
Microsoft argues against piracy. Page 1
Telkom argues against low telecom prices. Page 2

I love a balanced opinion :)
 
I saved so long to buy my XP (yes, I own a legal copy!)

Then Vista comes out and its soooooooooo damn expensive, i'll never EVER buy it... screw it!

One day, when they drop the price of Vista, to maybe half, hell, even less, i might consider it... unless a original copy 'falls off the back of a truck!' ;)
 
Would MS be happy if the pirates swapped the pirated products with free open source products?
 
here again cost plays a roll why pay a lot for something when you can get it for free?
 
I agree about extending XP. If they extend it and drop the price to say R899 then I for one will purchase more copies for new machines I plan to build. But even so I will still pay the list price for XP because for me, XP has been very dependable and I've built a good solid IT reputation on it because them customer machines just keep going and going.
 
Linux, thanks to Ubuntu, is becoming a viable alternative to MS quite fast for many applications, especially at home.

As the Ubuntu support skills base grows, MS will find that youngsters are saving on software costs.
 
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