Being from the former Soviet Union myself, I can attest to the fact that piracy is very rampant, and that this "starter" edition will do little to combat it. People who just want the real thing will have to take five minutes of their time to visit their nearest street vendor and buy the full version for less than $2.
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Yuck, looks like they set the subsystem version a bit too low...
I wonder how long it will take to port that...
Obviously they aren't as good of a tool for learning as you may think if they are only being used to play games...
Am I the only one who thinks that the best solution is to simply take away the games or the computer?
$741 per month in Russia? I've never known anyone who's made that much there. The median salary is less than $100 per month.
Of course it isn't legal... But that doesn't stop anyone from doing it.
Being from the former Soviet Union myself, I can attest to the fact that piracy is very rampant, and that this "starter" edition will do little to combat it. People who just want the real thing will have to take five minutes of their time to visit their nearest street vendor and buy the full version for less than $2.