microsoft software piracy

[alphabetarian]

Originally posted here by Drunk On Duvel


isn't the piracy rate in Asia like 90%?

I read in the book "Secrets and Lies" a while back that in some places in Asia it's as high as 98%!!! I forget specifically which country, but it was some insane amount.

[nihil]

Interesting?

I look at it as it costs the same to buy a Microsoft OS, as it does for my wife and I to go to two football matches (good seats..she deserves it ).

Now, with the football matches, I only get to bitch at the team twice?............with MS software I can do it every day of my life, at whatever time I choose, or more like it chooses? In terms of value for money....I guess Mr Gates wins?


Just a silly thought for the week-end folks

[RoadClosed]

I look at it as it costs the same to buy a Microsoft OS, as it does for my wife and I to go to two football matches (good seats..she deserves it ).

he he, unless of course you license a 4 way SQL server for 2000 clients, then a Domain Controller for 1000 clients then an Exchange Server for 3000 clients, then MS Advanced Server with 2 processors and 400 clients....etc. That is the real motivation to "borrow" software. Hell you could buy into season tickets for those prices. And a new car, and maybe a house.

[kryptik0n]

i'm not going to report companies.. i just want to report some people selling microsoft's softwares for their own profit..

[rapier57]

Well, the BSA (Business Software Alliance) is the place to go. However, you want to be very sure of what you report. They will want some evidence (eyewitness, copies) or some reasonable expectation that they will find illegal software.

http://www.bsa.org/

BTW, they do more than go after companies that use single-user licenses. I know that the will periodically audit, say, a college for licensing compliance. Especially if that college has had problems in the past.

[invader]

i wouldn't f*** for Microsoft.

[catch]

Originally posted here by alphabetarian


I read in the book "Secrets and Lies" a while back that in some places in Asia it's as high as 98%!!! I forget specifically which country, but it was some insane amount.

"Secrets and Lies" is garbage with MANY verifiable falsehoods and content altering inaccuracies. I guess they figured this was ok since the book is titled as lies.

Additionally, many countries do not recognize US copyrights, so technically it isn't piracy there.

catch

[MrDoscy]

i find it rather hypocritical if not ironic that m$ carries on about piracy when i walked into a store today to see a big sign promoting windows xp to download music save it, edit it, burn it.
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