Im sure if MS ever got any brains and would lower the price of their OS for the consumer, piracy of their OS would be somewhat lower (not a great number lower, but Im sure there would be some type of decline). They charge an arm and a leg for the average computer just to stay up to date in terms of operating system, yet people wonder why Linux is such a threat to Microsoft. You know why? PRICE. Lower the price, lower the piracy of MS products...
When's the last time you were able to play a game while installing Windoze? Hmm... dont think too hard, you may end up hurting yourself. Just to name a few distros, Mandrake, Caldera (the oh-so-famous play while you install), Redhat... all have revolutionized how we install and run Linux on a day to day basis. Windows 2000 is a great server platform, but how many of the average joe's can really afford to set up Win2K servers, let alone pay for them, but they have to spend x amount of dollars on the OS itself to RUN on the servers. Now shoo fly...
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Whats the license say on the movies and cds? Dont believe there is anything to the affect of 'you may not redistribute for any value, PERIOD.'
Im sure if MS ever got any brains and would lower the price of their OS for the consumer, piracy of their OS would be somewhat lower (not a great number lower, but Im sure there would be some type of decline). They charge an arm and a leg for the average computer just to stay up to date in terms of operating system, yet people wonder why Linux is such a threat to Microsoft. You know why? PRICE. Lower the price, lower the piracy of MS products...
When's the last time you were able to play a game while installing Windoze? Hmm... dont think too hard, you may end up hurting yourself. Just to name a few distros, Mandrake, Caldera (the oh-so-famous play while you install), Redhat... all have revolutionized how we install and run Linux on a day to day basis. Windows 2000 is a great server platform, but how many of the average joe's can really afford to set up Win2K servers, let alone pay for them, but they have to spend x amount of dollars on the OS itself to RUN on the servers. Now shoo fly...