Pirated Vista dirt cheap on Latin American streets
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| Days after a beaming Bill Gates unveiled his much-vaunted Windows Vista
| software at a retail price of $400 for the premium version, Latin American
| street vendors are hawking pirate copies for under $10.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20070206:MTFH76488_2007-02-06_20-12-09_N06333309&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/3xpqxz
As usual, Microsoft does not want to stop piracy in poor nations. It just
wants to lock Linux out.
Related:
Microsoft has no plans to close Vista upgrade loophole
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| Microsoft can't be bothered to close the loophole that allows
| users to install Vista upgrade versions even when they're not
| upgrading.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37453
Why piracy kills Open Source
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| Because for them, the price is the same.
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| So, please, Microsoft, defend your own products, and don't allow users to
| use pirated versions. You'll be doing the best for the Open Source
| products.
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http://youmaybeinterrupting.com/desktop.php?view&postid=12&a=apps%2FBlog%3B%3B
Piracy figures are inflated say criminologists
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| A draft report by the Australian Institute of Criminology says
| copyright holders are making up piracy figures in order to sway
| governments to their side.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35580
Why Piracy Hurts Open Source
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| "...John looks at this from a different direction. He shows you why
| software piracy hurts Open Source software--the free stuff you are using."
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http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000266
Microsoft seals its Windows and opens the door to Linux
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| Now comes the really interesting question. With Vista's activation
| technology, Microsoft has the power to stamp out piracy everywhere. But
| will it choose to do so everywhere? After all, if folks in China or
| Thailand or Ethiopia have to pay for Vista, they won't be able to run
| it because they won't be able to afford the licence fee. In which case
| they may finally wake up to the attractions of free software such as
| Linux - and it's easy to imagine what that will do to Microsoft's
| plans for world domination.
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| It's a delicious prospect: Microsoft impaling itself on the horns
| of a dilemma it has created for itself. Roll on Thursday.
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http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1956941,00.html
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