Unix wouldn't be as good as it is without having been reimplemented so many times. These spreadsheets will undoubtedly borrow from and compete with one another. When the dust settles, there will be a great SS app.
As for waste, that's too bad, but it won't happen any other way. The import code, being dependent on the internals, probably won't transfer anyhow.
People will pirate if the value to them of pirating outweighs the cost.
Record companies can change the value of their music through pricing and quality. They can change the cost by making it more likely or costly to be caught pirating, or by making it more costly to copy music. The latter is accomplished through better copy-protection.
The problem with copy-protection is that it is has not been unbreakable so far, and as long as it is cheaper to break than the market value of music being sold, it is rational to break it, since illegal music costs so little. The problem with law enforcement is that piracy is so widespread that it would cost too much.
The record companies' best option under this model is to cut prices. Of course, this model fails to take into account people's emotions. They may pirate anyway because they hate the record companies.
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Unix wouldn't be as good as it is without having been reimplemented so many times. These spreadsheets will undoubtedly borrow from and compete with one another. When the dust settles, there will be a great SS app.
As for waste, that's too bad, but it won't happen any other way. The import code, being dependent on the internals, probably won't transfer anyhow.
People will pirate if the value to them of pirating outweighs the cost.
Record companies can change the value of their music through pricing and quality. They can change the cost by making it more likely or costly to be caught pirating, or by making it more costly to copy music. The latter is accomplished through better copy-protection.
The problem with copy-protection is that it is has not been unbreakable so far, and as long as it is cheaper to break than the market value of music being sold, it is rational to break it, since illegal music costs so little. The problem with law enforcement is that piracy is so widespread that it would cost too much.
The record companies' best option under this model is to cut prices. Of course, this model fails to take into account people's emotions. They may pirate anyway because they hate the record companies.