Re: Solution to Piracy


Alias wrote:
Windows XP Home, $50, three for $125

Window XP Pro, $75, three for $175.

No OEM, only retail.

I know there are people who would steal software even it's priced at one dollar. They are an insignificant minority, however.

Alias


This is a throwback to the 1980's when everybody had to buy
or pay for a MS-DOS with the sale of a desktop system. Pricing
was also reasonable, perhaps $25 for the diskettes and a full
manual. Licensing also allowed the OS to be transferred from
one machine to another regardless of whether it ws retailed or
came through an OEM, but so long as it was limited to one machine
at any given time. Even then, pirating was rampant because the
cost of 3 to 5 floppy diskettes was still cheaper. The way to
beat win is to beat the pirates at their own game.

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