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Software Piracy Due to Expensive Hardware, Says Ballmer

Posted by michael on from the passing-the-buck dept.

frdmfghtr writes "ZDNet is running a story where Steve Ballmer tries to pin the blame of software copyright infringement on expensive hardware: 'One way to stem piracy is to offer consumers in emerging countries a low-cost PC, Ballmer said. "There has to be...a $100 computer to go down-market in some of these countries. We have to engineer (PCs) to be lighter and cheaper," he said.' Does he think that cheaper hardware will make copying software harder to do?"

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  1. Software Piracy Due to Expensive Hardware by tomhudson · · Score: 5, Funny
    Software Piracy Due to Expensive Hardware, Says Balmer
    I think he spelled "software" wrong again.
  2. Speeding due to long roads by jarich · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news, it was announced that speeding was primarily due to long roads. Starting next year, all roads will be shortened by 10% and this should achieve a 10% slowdown in highway speeds.

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  3. Re:Wow. by The+Queen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why is that surprising? They let Bush do it all the time, and he's the head of the biggest corporation in the world. ;-)

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  4. Re:Wow. by theparanoidcynic · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, they don't let him. I'm sure every time Shrubby makes up a word or claims that God speaks through him Dick Cheny beats him with a rolled up newspaper.

    Still, he can't change what he is . . . . . .

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  5. Re:OK, that explains it... by maxwell+demon · · Score: 5, Funny
    I wonder what color the sky is in his world?

    Blue with white text on it.
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