Re: Win2K Pro or WinXP Pro?
From: Rick (me_at_privacy.net)
Date: 07/15/04
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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:45:40 -0700
"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospamcableone.net> wrote in message news:ui8CoOgaEHA.2944@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Greetings --
>
> "Rick" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:uFqnA9UaEHA.2364@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >
> > They're all variations on the same theme. All copy protection
> > schemes have been and will be unqualified failures, because
> > they address a problem that doesn't exist in the first place,
> > and inconvenience no one except legitimate customers.
>
> So, what you're saying is that since the deterrent isn't 100%
> effective, Microsoft and other software vendors shouldn't bother
> trying to reduce software piracy. By the same line of reasoning, I
> imagine that you'd prefer that all prisons be torn down and the
> criminals set free, because the existence of prisons hasn't worked
> (There's still crime, after all.) and the prisons are only costing
> honest taxpayers money, to no good end. It's really sad to see
> someone completely surrender to the dregs of society, as you have
> apparently done.
Crime is a proven problem. Lost revenue due to software
piracy, at least as far as anyone has been able to prove, is a
fallacy. Or, if you can reference a single case where revenues
of a software developer have increased after implementation
of a copy protection scheme, I'd love to hear about it.
Rick
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