On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Isaac Atilano wrote: > Bob's point B is actually valid. I remember reading news stories of MS > actually promoting "piracy" of their products in Asian markets in order > to get people hooked on MS products. That was Mike's Point B. I am that Mike. When I wrote that remark I was in Quito, Ecuador, where they have stores in public places where you can buy almost any popular program you can think of for about $1.50. That would include WinXP Pro, MS Office, Photoshope, Acrobat Pro, etc., etc. Same for games, CDs, DVDs and probably any other copiable item. The thing is, in a country like Ecuador, if that didn't happen, the people would not be able to afford those things and they wouldn't use them at all. This would be great for FOSS, but it isn't going to happen as long as "piracy" is widespread. Mike > ----- Original message ----- > From: "John J. Trammell" <trammell+tclug at el-swifto.com> > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 10:25:07 -0500 > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Poll topic- I use linux because... > > On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 10:07:22AM -0500, Mike Miller wrote: >> On Sun, 27 Aug 2006, Bob Hartmann wrote: >> >>> 3. Stealing from Microsoft and Adobe is wrong. >> >> (A) It isn't "stealing" because you are not taking anything away from >> them when you make a copy of something. It's not like taking >> someone's purse. It's more like taking a photo of someone's purse. > > Utter nonsense. In today's legal climate, regardless of your opinion of > the matter, it is a prosecutable offense, and it is irresponsible of you > to say otherwise. > >> (B) Microsoft and Adobe want you to do it. It is much better for them >> that you use their software without paying them than it is for you to >> use other software (GNU/Linux, The Gimp, etc.) without paying them. >> Sure, they´d rather be paid, but that is unrealistic when they charge >> $750 for a product. That means they are pricing most of us out of the >> market on purpose. > > See above. > > -- > trammell at el-swifto.com 9EC7 BC6D E688 A184 9F58 FD4C 2C12 CC14 8ABA > 36F5 > Twin Cities Linux Users Group (TCLUG) Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >