Why Use Software Illegally When You Can Use Legally...
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| If you run Linux and install free software, you won?t have to worry about
| this ever again!
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http://linux.wordpress.com/2007/04/08/why-use-software-illegally-when-you-can-use-legally/
http://tinyurl.com/38kkkd
Related:
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| This is where the open source movement comes in.
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| As Dina writes, many software companies have been dealing with the
| global software piracy problem in a very punitive manner. Open source
| changes that.
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| If markets like Ukraine and Russia and China and India begin adopting
| open source options at a furious clip, there could come a day when
| the U.S. market leaders aren't leaders outside their local market.
| Not only would the "price" be more economically acceptable, but the
| source code (in theory) would include coding philosophies and
| features more tuned to the local market. And then, software piracy
| will be the least of the big ISVs' problems.
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http://www.crn.com/software/198800431
Save $1,285 per Computer and Still Remain Business-ready
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| If you're one of the people who would consider themselves 'brave
| nough', I have a little surprise for you; you can save between
| $1,264.97 to $1,284.97 per computer in lowered licensing costs,
| and you don't even have to switch away from Windows (if you don't
| want to).
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http://www.playingwithwire.com/2006/11/save-1285-per-computer-and-still.html
Report: Use ODF, Save 550 Million
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| The story is about the so-called Rambøll-report, which is a report about
| the costs related to switching to open standards for document formats in
| the Danish government. The report is made by Rambøll Management, a Danish
| consultancy, on behalf of The Danish Open Source Business Association
| (OSL).
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| [...]
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| In an unsurprising move, Microsoft Denmark totally dismissed the
| Rambøll-report. They were also the first to comment on the
| governmental report, which they found good and constructive.
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http://gotze.eu/2006/08/report-use-odf-save-550-million.html
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