__/ [ Jim ] on Saturday 08 July 2006 07:35 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> __/ [ Tony Sivori ] on Saturday 08 July 2006 06:12 \__
>>
>>
>>>http://xrl.us/owtw
>>>
>>>The nine .wav files in this directory:
>>>
>>>Windows\Help\Tours\WindowsMediaPlayer\Audio\Wav
>>>
>>>seem to have been created with a pirated version of Sound Forge 4.5.
>>>Perhaps Microsoft just couldn't afford the $400 for a legitimate copy.
>>>
>>>Microsoft only respects IP when it is their IP. Anyone else's, they just
>>>steal what they want and pay up if or when they get caught.
>>
>>
>> http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/2803
>>
>> Bill Gates' piracy confession (06/20/2006)
>>
>> Maybe he retired so that he can watch more films. Go figure...
>
> lol, too damn funny. "Stolen's a strong word."
Makes you question the allegations made by our resident Wintrolls, does it
not?
> So, Bill, if in the unlikely event I decide to put XP back on this
> box(!) and decide to use a bootleg license (this laptop no longer has a
> 1-2CPU XO Pro license on the bottom of it), I can llegitimately use
> those same words??
There are many other cases of theft. MIT's encryption modules and BSD code
are just a few example.
> Go on, you know you backed yourself into a corner on this one. If I
> stole XP, you stole movies. If you're going to take me to the cleaners
> over bootlegging a shite OS, it seems only fair that you're cleaned out
> for bootlegging shite movies. Which is about all Hollywood seems to dish
> out these days.
>
> Wonder if he gets a weekly COLA digest?
More like a slurp, unless the Cola is frozen.
Best wishes,
Roy
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