No no no no no!
Call it piracy. Y'know what, if I hadn't pirated my first copy of win 3, my family wouldn't have just bought XP and Office XP...
If I hadn't have pirated sim city 2000, I wouldn't have gone out and bought sim city 3000 as soon as it was released!
and so on... Seriously, companies like M$ can't be all that bothered about it, or they'd do something about it! There are ways to make software more secure from pirates, but it is due to this progression (as seen in my first example) that means they can stay ahead with their newest product.
If I hadn't have started reading this story, I could have been enjoying my christmas.....
Yeah, of course - M$ must accept piracy, as it's made part of what they are. I mean, M$ software could be made to be harder to pirate. There's plenty of software which is harder to pirate - dongle-using software etc. If it wasn't for piracy, people wouldn't go out and grab the new version of windows... I know I wouldn't:) However, that means that they can market hundreds of other programs to run on these systems. Also, it helps them - as it means less people are running old operating systems. I know that if I didn't have a pirate copy of XP or whatever, I'd probably still be using 95 on my windoze box...
...Tolkien probably wouldn't be a very happy man, apparently the notion of movies didn't appeal to him at all. He was disgusted by the idea that people would see the scenes and not develop them in their own imaginations, a far better idea he believed!
I believe the film rights were sold to his son? or someone... does anyone know more about that...?
Joe xxx
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No no no no no! Call it piracy. Y'know what, if I hadn't pirated my first copy of win 3, my family wouldn't have just bought XP and Office XP... If I hadn't have pirated sim city 2000, I wouldn't have gone out and bought sim city 3000 as soon as it was released! and so on... Seriously, companies like M$ can't be all that bothered about it, or they'd do something about it! There are ways to make software more secure from pirates, but it is due to this progression (as seen in my first example) that means they can stay ahead with their newest product. If I hadn't have started reading this story, I could have been enjoying my christmas.....
Yeah, of course - M$ must accept piracy, as it's made part of what they are. I mean, M$ software could be made to be harder to pirate. There's plenty of software which is harder to pirate - dongle-using software etc. If it wasn't for piracy, people wouldn't go out and grab the new version of windows... I know I wouldn't :) However, that means that they can market hundreds of other programs to run on these systems. Also, it helps them - as it means less people are running old operating systems. I know that if I didn't have a pirate copy of XP or whatever, I'd probably still be using 95 on my windoze box...
:) Happy Christmas all.
Anyway, just a thought
Y'know, opinion is one of the most commonly mis-spelt words...
...Tolkien probably wouldn't be a very happy man, apparently the notion of movies didn't appeal to him at all. He was disgusted by the idea that people would see the scenes and not develop them in their own imaginations, a far better idea he believed! I believe the film rights were sold to his son? or someone... does anyone know more about that...? Joe xxx