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[News] Piracy Remains Microsoft's Best Friend

Is piracy good for Microsoft?

,----[ Quote ]
| I find this it was extremely immature and stupid on the part
| of the government. I am from India and I can relate to this.
| The government and people here are equally immature and stupid.
| I believe that we are painting ourselves into a corner. What
| appalls me is the ease in which we can get pirated software
| vis-a-vis their open source counterparts. We can get pirated
| software from friends, or a walk on SP Road or any of the PC
| assemblers.
| 
| [...]
| 
| Both Windows and Linux have their advantages and disadvantages
| depending on the kind of applications that you try to run. I
| feel Linux is better for me. It has been over 2 years since
| I switched to Linux as my primary operating system and I have
| never looked back. I wish others could see this in the same
| light as I do.
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http://installneo.blogspot.com/2007/02/is-piracy-good-for-microsoft.html


Luckily, Microsoft /says/ it'll change its stance and squeeze the goose.
Recently the following items got published.

"Piracy reduction can be a source of Windows revenue growth"

http://wilshipley.com/blog/2007/02/piracy-reduction-can-be-source-of.html


Ballmer hints at tougher Vista antipiracy crackdown

http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php/id;7680622;fp;16;fpid;1



Related:

Average Indian person just gets a copy of pirated Windows instead of a free
and legal copy of Linux

http://www.webpublishingforum.com/about965.html


Chinese attitude on buying Vista

http://ya.iyee.cn/2007/02/chinese-attitude-on-buying-vista.html


Piracy of software, and why it helps software companies

http://blog.jeffkee.com/2007/02/14/piracy-of-software-and-why-it-helps-software-companies/


Why Piracy Hurts Open Source

http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000266


Microsoft seals its Windows and opens the door to Linux

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1956941,00.html


How Piracy Opens Doors for Windows

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-micropiracy9apr09,0,414067.story?track=tottext


Why piracy kills Open Source

http://youmaybeinterrupting.com/desktop.php?view&postid=12&a=apps%2FBlog%3B%3B

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