At 7:27 PM -0600 12/14/05, Jeff Vian wrote: >On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 17:31 +1100, taso wrote: >> Robin Laing wrote: >> > >> > Of course I don't support software piracy when you can get it for free >> > with Linux or open source software. Okay so it seems to be a back >> > handed way of getting Linux onto more computers. >> > >> >> The best thing that could happen to Linux would be for Microsoft to stamp >> out piracy. >> > >Why restrict that action to Microsoft? ... If Microsoft managed to eliminate piracy, the masses who presently steal Microsoft software would either have to purchase it or switch to something else "free", possibly OSS. >I think there are many more companies than Microsoft that lose to >piracy ... Microsoft gets about half the software dollars, and have the most widespread OS and Office software. ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
