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Holy shit! Tis horrible...
Calum:
this issue is quite simple to me.
boycotting means less copies are sold, which harms whoever is being boycotted.
piracy is free advertising, not harm, to the people who should be being boycotted instead of pirated.
Obviously people who pirate are reluctant to give up what they 'get' from piracy, because they know that if they boycotted instead, they wouldn't get their warez fix. sadly, they kid themselves that their piracy has the same effect as if they were boycotting.
They should take their heads from their posteriors and at least admit that they give free advertising to anybody who's stuff they pirate.
voidmain:
quote:Originally posted by Comrade Doctor V: Linux Pusher:
Boycotting is not always the best way to stop opression. It is almost 100% ineffective against monopolys (or oligopolys). Because customers don't have much of a choice. Sure, it would be great is everyone up and stopped buying computers from all couputer retailers and built their computers and installed linux just because they don't like M$, but its not going to happen. It would also be great if they just up and stopped buying CDs, and stopped listening to the radio (controlled by RIAA), but that too will not happen. Most boycotts are ineffective.
--- End quote ---
I happen to disagree. You make it sound like Linux is not a viable alternative. If Palladium comes out and people aren't allowed the freedoms they are used to. And if those people can get those freedoms back by using Linux I think they will. You may be a correct in that it would not be a boycott because in a boycott you usually temporarily stop using a product until policies are changed. I think if people switch to Linux in a boycott of Microsoft and Palladium they will never go back, even if Microsoft changes their tune. Linux is on the verge of being capable of doing that without any M$ slipups. With the added benefit of Microsoft slipups Linux can't lose.
TheGreatPoo:
AARRGH! I can't keep up with you people! You respond too damn fast. :mad:
Ok, to respond to the "Intelectual Property" Argument going on somwhere way the hell up there:
http://www.gnutella.com/forums/proantignutes/904
Calum:
quote:Originally posted by Comrade Doctor V: Linux Pusher:
Boycotting is not always the best way to stop opression. It is almost 100% ineffective against monopolys (or oligopolys). Because customers don't have much of a choice. Sure, it would be great is everyone up and stopped buying computers from all couputer retailers and built their computers and installed linux just because they don't like M$, but its not going to happen. It would also be great if they just up and stopped buying CDs, and stopped listening to the radio (controlled by RIAA), but that too will not happen. Most boycotts are ineffective.
--- End quote ---
i must also respond to this.
i CANNOT abide people who advocate apathy.
if you want to be apathetic then go for it but DO NOT tell other people to be apathetic. apathy is the reason things don't change fast enough. it is the reason that most of the world is hungry and there are dozens of wars raging in the world.
The only reason that large numbers of people wouldn't use, for instance, linux is if a lot of people loudly mouthed off about how there would be no point trying to boycott a monopoly. do you see where i'm going with this? if you do not try to do something then you WILL fail to do it.
People who advocate apathy are too scared of change to admit that there could be something better. I dealt with that particular demon a long time ago and i get very frustrated with people who consistently say that there's no point trying to change things. if you really believe that then you might as well go and jump this afternoon.
KernelPanic:
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