You're absolutely correct in that we need to encourage new business models, while at the same time discouraging rampant copying and theft.
If people would simply grow up, stop expecting something for nothing, and pay for value received, we wouldn't have all of these DRM issues to contend with in the first place...
I showed him all the built-in stuff that PHP had...
So, just to make sure I understand this, in this case bloated software with hundreds of built-in features and functions only a few people will ever use is a GOOD thing...;)
Second thing is that most of consumers use illegal windows and office copy (and only god knows how much other, personally I don't remember when was the last I've seen computer without copy Photoshop...
To the best of my knowledge, ALL of the copies of Windows, Office, PS, DW, and other software in use in our business are legal. And ALL of the software on my "consumer" machine is legal.
I think you'd do better than to rationalize that "most" people are like you...
Which is also continually underestimated. By the time it's designed, implemented, tested, debugged, tested, debugged, tested, and debugged to the point where it seems to work, one has probably spent half a week on something they though they'd just whip out in an afternoon.
And replacing relatively stable code with new code is just asking for future bugs and encourages exploits. It's the MS way...
There's a two-way street involved: If you don't want "squatters" then stop using public spectrum to lure them.
It's a service provided FOC to their CUSTOMERS. They are a business, after all.
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They probably spend twice that much money on the initial study, planning, testing, and conversion, not to mention the retraining of the system administrators.
anyone who isn't completely blind can see that people don't care about IP
I care, for one, as do a great many of the people who CREATE such things to start with. Attitudes tend to change greatly when it's YOUR work being stolen.
All those search engines died because Google's algorithm was so much better that it was a waste of time to use anything else...
You made the point but it bears repeating that all a new company needs to do is create a dramatically better engine. Add some AI that can actually determine context and will deliver a small number of HIGHLY accurate results (not page 1 of 2,231,289 pages) and people will jump ship.
Google's lack of interface actually works against them in this case, as moving can be as simple as changing a link, unlike moving from, say, Excite to Yahoo, and having to transfer stocks, zips, and tons of other preferences.
True. If the user HAD purchased the program they're using the company would have had that revenue. And that's a never-ending debate, because some, if copying had NOT been an option, would have purchased the program. The question is what number?
Take a program like Photoshop. If someone copies and uses it, Adobe didn't get any dollars for it. And neither did the companies who make PhotoPaint, Image Studio, ACDSee, or any of the other cheaper alternatives. Why would he buy cheap when the best is "free".
What's worse here is that there are free alternatives (GIMP,Picasa), but they choose not to use them either.
Unfortunately, many people do copy them, and there's no way to tell the honest people from those less so. Locking up my house and car and setting the alarm every time I go someplace is a major inconvenience too, but it's a price I'm forced to pay to keep the thieves out.
Want no DRM? Simple. Just stop copying that to which you're not entitled. Piracy disappears and companies stop wasting millions of their dollars on DRM.
yet i can use it and not cause harm to others or myself...
Yeah, I'm pretty sure those people who drank booze thought pretty much the same thing... before they ran their car over the kid and themselves into the tree. Or drove their airplane into the ground, or their oil tanker onto it. Or...
Personally, I could care less what happens to you. But stupid behaviours have a way of impacting those around you, usually to their detriment.
That hasn't affected the global economy and nor will this.
China is preparing to become the world's largest economy, and the Chinese government is creating a demand for software made in China. Companies and products will be created to fulfill that demand, and once that occurs, will non-governmental buyers support foreign software, or will they support software that's developed in their country and works with the software used by the government?
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If people would simply grow up, stop expecting something for nothing, and pay for value received, we wouldn't have all of these DRM issues to contend with in the first place...
So, just to make sure I understand this, in this case bloated software with hundreds of built-in features and functions only a few people will ever use is a GOOD thing... ;)
To the best of my knowledge, ALL of the copies of Windows, Office, PS, DW, and other software in use in our business are legal. And ALL of the software on my "consumer" machine is legal.
I think you'd do better than to rationalize that "most" people are like you...
But he didn't stay inside the cavern. "Such is the price of immortality."
Which is also continually underestimated. By the time it's designed, implemented, tested, debugged, tested, debugged, tested, and debugged to the point where it seems to work, one has probably spent half a week on something they though they'd just whip out in an afternoon.
And replacing relatively stable code with new code is just asking for future bugs and encourages exploits. It's the MS way...
Ummmm, this usually translates into "I didn't want to dig in and learn how someone else did it, so I rewrote it."
Too many developers are continually reinventing the wheel, the hub, the axle, the lug, and the lug wrench...
Personally, an individual using a saber without skill, training, and the force to back them up is a good candidate for a Darwin award...
It's a service provided FOC to their CUSTOMERS. They are a business, after all.
They probably spend twice that much money on the initial study, planning, testing, and conversion, not to mention the retraining of the system administrators.
Why do you think they're called "exploits"? How many developers do you think deliberately started wanting to write "unsafe" software?
It's in honor of the fact it does in HW what Woz did in SW regarding the first Apple 5.25 and 3.5 drives. He had nothing to do with the chip itself.
I care, for one, as do a great many of the people who CREATE such things to start with. Attitudes tend to change greatly when it's YOUR work being stolen.
You made the point but it bears repeating that all a new company needs to do is create a dramatically better engine. Add some AI that can actually determine context and will deliver a small number of HIGHLY accurate results (not page 1 of 2,231,289 pages) and people will jump ship.
Google's lack of interface actually works against them in this case, as moving can be as simple as changing a link, unlike moving from, say, Excite to Yahoo, and having to transfer stocks, zips, and tons of other preferences.
I'm not sure that being cheap or lazy is sufficient rationalization...
Take a program like Photoshop. If someone copies and uses it, Adobe didn't get any dollars for it. And neither did the companies who make PhotoPaint, Image Studio, ACDSee, or any of the other cheaper alternatives. Why would he buy cheap when the best is "free".
What's worse here is that there are free alternatives (GIMP,Picasa), but they choose not to use them either.
Unfortunately, many people do copy them, and there's no way to tell the honest people from those less so. Locking up my house and car and setting the alarm every time I go someplace is a major inconvenience too, but it's a price I'm forced to pay to keep the thieves out.
Want no DRM? Simple. Just stop copying that to which you're not entitled. Piracy disappears and companies stop wasting millions of their dollars on DRM.
I'm not holding my breath, though...
And the US is going to create the best Chinese language-enabled tools?
Prove these revenues came from spam. These people just visited my site and ordered.... ;)
Yeah, I'm pretty sure those people who drank booze thought pretty much the same thing... before they ran their car over the kid and themselves into the tree. Or drove their airplane into the ground, or their oil tanker onto it. Or...
Personally, I could care less what happens to you. But stupid behaviours have a way of impacting those around you, usually to their detriment.
Of course, during the next prisoner bracelet check they may notice all is not as it should be when the thing falls off your wrist... bad boy.
Cheaper, definitely. Whether or not a team scrambling to meet a bounty deadline results in better code is open to debate.
China is preparing to become the world's largest economy, and the Chinese government is creating a demand for software made in China. Companies and products will be created to fulfill that demand, and once that occurs, will non-governmental buyers support foreign software, or will they support software that's developed in their country and works with the software used by the government?
Needless to say, it WILL have an affect.
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Nothing. They'd simply call the cops and they'd throw your rear end in jail.
And to continue the analogy, the judge would look at your record and say, "Stolen 5,000 CDs, have we? Well, we certainly have a nice room for you..."
That being the alternative, are you sure you wouldn't really rather have the fine?
I remember when the same statement was made back when chipsets went from 1MHz to 2MHz. Funny how we always manage to use the extra cycles somewhere...