Re:You've only got yourselves to blame
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Copyrant
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Bah. The "I'm not paying for that" attitude has got absolutely nothing to do with software piracy. Most people who pirate software are not slashdotters, as those are more inclined to use free software, rather then pirate proprietary stuff. It's ordinary people that do it, and they do it because they can. And they can, 'cause up until now, MS and others aiming for dominance in their market, has either silently, or publicly admitted that users pirating software is A Good Thing for them. It helps spread their stuff and create a lock-in. Then they charge Large User Groups full licensing prices.
Piracy is bad period. But your point about hypocrisy is misplaced I think. The decision which software is used, and whether it's pirated or not lies with management, not sysadmins. And besides, many of them are actively trying to change the general attitude; not by pirating, but by helping to create "free" alternatives.
I don't think that Sony cares about the X-Box, hardware-wise. It's the deveopers they want. What makes or breaks a new console to the market is the number of (good) titles available for it. And the number off titles available is limited by the number (and quality) of developers willing to code for said platform.
There is a huge amount of DirectX experienced coders out there, anxious to code for the X-Box, whilst the handful of PSX coders in existance are busy performing black rituals, in order to get Sony to improve their API and fix library bugs (I'm a PSX coder at the moment). Point being: Sony is trying to expand their developer pool before the X-Box hits the market, in order to get more titles out, and thus maintain their market-share-domination.
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Bah. The "I'm not paying for that" attitude has got absolutely nothing to do with software piracy.
Most people who pirate software are not slashdotters, as those are more inclined to use free software, rather then pirate proprietary stuff. It's ordinary people that do it, and they do it because they can. And they can, 'cause up until now, MS and others aiming for dominance in their market, has either silently, or publicly admitted that users pirating software is A Good Thing for them. It helps spread their stuff and create a lock-in. Then they charge Large User Groups full licensing prices.
Piracy is bad period. But your point about hypocrisy is misplaced I think. The decision which software is used, and whether it's pirated or not lies with management, not sysadmins. And besides, many of them are actively trying to change the general attitude; not by pirating, but by helping to create "free" alternatives.
I don't think that Sony cares about the X-Box, hardware-wise. It's the deveopers they want.
What makes or breaks a new console to the market is the number of (good) titles available for it. And the number off titles available is limited by the number (and quality) of developers willing to code for said platform.
There is a huge amount of DirectX experienced coders out there, anxious to code for the X-Box, whilst the handful of PSX coders in existance are busy performing black rituals, in order to get Sony to improve their API and fix library bugs (I'm a PSX coder at the moment). Point being: Sony is trying to expand their developer pool before the X-Box hits the market, in order to get more titles out, and thus maintain their market-share-domination.