This question is exactly the reason why I use Linux.....just so's I don't have to pay for software, and I don't have to worry about pirated software in my system.
Hehe.. good title, nothing to do with any of this.. but.. 2 things.. 1 valid point I forgot to mention.. perhaps it was my mode of rambling that threw me off.. Programmers get paid either way.. regardless of the work they do.. they get paid.. mainly.. the profits go to the corporation.. unless of course you're an independent programmer, but then.. you're not charging $300 for a program.. Um.. other thing.. I feel.. so.. non-custom now... Too bad this avatar isn't my own.. Grr.. I should just make my own.. um.. what was I saying?... Go to school, kids..