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OSIA Dismisses Gartner Linux Piracy Claim

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the shooting-back dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "The Inquirer is reporting that a claim by Gartner that Linux desktops are used for pirated copies of windows has been dismissed by the Open Source Industry Association (OSIA). OSIA told The Sydney Morning Herald that 'if Gartner's conclusion that pre-installing Linux encouraged people to steal copies of Windows were correct.... It would be possible to state that pre-installing Windows encourages people to pirate application software.'"

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  1. Where are the numbers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Gartner came up with the numbers, the open souce bozos cooked up some theory based on the dude they know, who un-unstalled Windows and installed Linux, and is a 45-year-old virgin, since we mentioned him.

    I was at WalMart just the other day, saw two students looking at cheap Linux PCs. The first question? Does your Dad have a copy of 2000 or XP that I can borrow? The answer? Yeah. he has both, but remember, XP requires activation. They were planning on buying the PC, but removing the OS later on. For digital cameras, home movies and publishing church newsletters Linux simply doesn't cut it.

    Where's Linux equivalent of Microsoft Publisher? Cool-looking Font CDs you buy at CompUSA for $5? Home design software?

    Give me a break, grandma is not going to get all excited about GCC and kernel patching.