Re: Solution to Piracy
- From: DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 13:25:13 -0500
Alias <aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org> wrote in news:#ZX3vbbgGHA.4976
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The crack for the new WGA came out minutes later. Cat and mouse games
with crackers at the expense of paying customers is not "beating the
pirates at their own game" It's stupid. Lower the prices of XP and the
pirates are out of business and the paying customers will be happy.
Alias
Frankly, I don't think the 'crackers' motivation is money at all. The
huge majority people using 'pirated' software, cracks & keygens, obtain
them completely free with no cost other than his/her internet access.
It's an intellectual reward for beating 'The Man'.
Of course, that is not to say a new (lower) pricing policy can't benefit
everyone in the long run. The big money for OS sales is through large
OEMs which will always be there, so an increase of retail sales would
probably bring in M$ more revenue.
I question whether retail sales of Vista are going to be strong at any
point. The last really 'innovative' product M$ had released was the
switch from Windows 3.11 to Windows 95. With Vista, the six or seven
different flavors that are supposed to be available will be confusing to
many.
Sorry I just don't see the fuss about an overdue OS, with many of its
highly-touted (at the beginning) features removed, that will require
significant hardware upgrades to even be able to utilize its new UI sytem
as being a 'must-have'. Just as many of the users of Windows98 say of XP.
.
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