Re: Pirated XP, means-test everyone and every product with "income

From: Linda B (someone_at_microsoft.com)
Date: 01/25/05


Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:44:45 -0800

See my earlier posts if you require explanation. Or don't; I certainly
don't care.

"XS11E" <xs11eNO@SPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Xns95E8B28D26E02xs11eyahoocom@207.46.248.16...
> "Linda B" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in
> news:#XtuvNnAFHA.2572@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl:
>
> > Alias, you are needlessly confrontational, but you have a good
> > point -- buying one copy of the OS and installing it on all five
> > of my hypothetical computers at home is doing Microsoft no harm
> > whatsoever.
>
> If you bought the required five copies, they'd sell four copies more.
> How do you figure you've done them "no harm whatsoever"? You've stolen
> an amount of money equal to the price of those four copies, if you can
> justify that in your own mind fine but you'd still be a thief.
>
>
>
>
>



Relevant Pages

  • Re: An intelligent T.O. question (no moronic/racist responses please)
    ... > football players in the league, ... > Or maybe it's just Eagles fans or the city of Philadelphia. ... If T.O. is on my team, I don't care if he ... > still looking for something remotely approaching an explanation, ...
    (alt.sports.football.pro.phila-eagles)
  • Re: Filter for the MI5 idiot
    ... this guy from time to time and DO READ about ONE of his posts every ... causes to care about Wayne. ... they would use the "leverage" that all teachers posses and also ... thanks for pointing this little personality tweak out for me. ...
    (alt.support.chronic-pain)
  • Re: Why I care what people think about me on AVLV
    ... The AVLV is similar to Professional Wrestling. ... useless and destructive posts that Chuck have ... would anyone take what people say about others or even care how anyone feels ... less the reason for the friendship. ...
    (alt.vacation.las-vegas)
  • Re: JSH: Perspective is weird
    ... low ratings. ... I couldn't care less what ratings my posts get. ... seems to settle in that hey, they are not the newsgroup celebrities ...
    (sci.math)
  • Re: Is America center-right? (was: Re: The election of 2108)
    ... ensure uniform standards of care, ... fit on a reasonably sized USB drive if *that* is a problem. ... I look at who normally comments on posts like yours, ... David Loewe, ...
    (rec.arts.sf.fandom)