ms globla anti-piracy campaign

[John Moniz]

Evan Leibovitch wrote:
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> JoeHill wrote:
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>> Microsoft is launching a massive, global assault on piracy, because
>> as we all know, it is wrong to steal someone else's idea and profit
>> from...
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>> waitaminnit.
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>> http://tinyurl.com/638fto
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> I choose to cheer such efforts rather than to sneer at it. The more
> successful Microsoft is at fighting piracy, the more people be forced
> to evaluate their products on value, and the better open source looks
> by comparison.
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> That doesn't mean that everyone will switch, but it certainly makes
> for a fairer comparison.
>
> In many cases in the past, MS has turned a blind eye to piracy in many
> countries in the knowledge that it seeds the market, starts the
> dependency cycle, and inhibits the growth of challengers. (ie, "your
> first toke is free"). One can only hope that their financials are
> forcing them to go after illegal use, and that (coupled with the
> rampant success of Vista) can only help the spread of Linux and other
> open source software.
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> - - Evan
>   
Regardless of their present efforts, MS' hypocrisy still deserves 
exposing and even exploiting. If that takes some sneering, so be it. 
Whatever works. But it'll take a lot more than that too. The spread of 
Linux and other open source software isn't going to happen by sitting 
around waiting for people to get fed up with MS.
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