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Slacker:
Microsoft would rather people use their operating system for free then to use linux.  Also alot  of people end up buying the product at some point if they *need it*.   Most of the warez never even gets used.   Companies tend to focus on the people who have money and will buy the product.  Warez kiddies usually dont have the scratch.  So they wouldnt buy it anyways.   The industry's that hurt the most are the game and music industry.      Because alot of people who do have the money are stealing the software instead of buying it..   More so with music then anything else.  Average aol users who could buy the cd's are pirating it.  

Microsoft is doing fine.

Also..   The techies do alot of pirating if they arent at a good paying job yet.   So microsoft and development companies would rather somebody use their software for free so they can learn on it and then if they get a career they will most certainly buy it.   Its like an investment.  And if they dont get a computer related career then they probably would never buy it anyway.

The use of wpa was to prevent casual copying not warez.

[ April 26, 2002: Message edited by: Slacker ]

Fredledingue:
Slacker what you say is only half true.
MS is pretty busy against pirating of theyr last software such as 2000 and XP.
With w98 let alone w95, then yeas it's true.
w95 cost hardly $25!


X11:"in a few years when the next windows is out they probably will stop allowing people to activate Windows XP, and they will have to upgrade"
Tis day Linux will OS number one.

Slacker:

quote:Originally posted by Fredledingue:
Slacker what you say is only half true.
MS is pretty busy against pirating of theyr last software such as 2000 and XP.
With w98 let alone w95, then yeas it's true.
w95 cost hardly $25!

Tis day Linux will OS number one.
--- End quote ---


Just because its more expensive doesnt mean they are making up for losses.  Microsoft has a huge overhead and alot of money gets spent when they make software.   Most of the piracy that they are trying to combat is that of people making cd's and selling them ( mostly foreign countries ).

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