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[News] [Rival] Microsoft Cutting Down on its Own Inertia Factor (Pirates)

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Microsoft Cutting Down on its Own Inertia Factor (Pirates)
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:00:15 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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Microsoft claims more pirate scalps

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| Microsoft's "Keep IT Real" campaign targeting resellers of illegally copied 
| software has claimed several more scalps. 
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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/10/15/microsoft_gets_more_pirates/


Related:

The interplay between software piracy and monopoly

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| The biggest threat to any company is that no one cares enough about its 
| software to steal it. With open source, the threat of theft is essentially 
| removed.  
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9797128-16.html?tag=head


Microsoft says college students can 'steal' Office

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| Well, actually Microsoft isn't encouraging piracy. Rather it is launching a 
| promotion, dubbed "Ultimate Steal," in which college students can get the 
| ultra high-end Ultimate edition of Office for just $60.  
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9777020-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20


Governments Must Reject Gates' $3 Bid to Addict Next Billion PC Users 

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| "Microsoft's strategy of getting developing nations hooked on its
| software was clearly outlined by Bill Gates almost a decade ago," said
| Con Zymaris, CEO of long-standing open source firm Cybersource. 
| 
| Specifically, Bill Gates, citing China as an example, said:
|  
|   "Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but
|   people don't pay for the software," he said. "Someday they will, though.
|   As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours.
|   They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to
|   collect sometime in the next decade."[1]
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http://www.cybersource.com.au/press/gates_set_to_addict_next_billion.html


Microsoft Happy with the Evolution of Windows Vista Piracy

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| But the truth is that Microsoft is happy with the way Windows Vista
| piracy is evolving. Is there a catch to this? No. The fact of the
| matter is that Windows Vista has delivered a heavy blow to
| software counterfeiters. The reason for this is the new Windows
| Genuine Advantage security mechanism integrated into the
| operating system.
| 
| You may not notice this on the surface. On the surface, the
| Internet is crawling with Windows Vista cracks, hacks and
| workarounds. On the surface, every Windows Vista edition has
| been cracked and is available for download via peer-to-peer 
| networks. But this is not the true extent of Windows Vista piracy.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Happy-with-the-Evolution-of-Windows-Vista-Piracy-50577.shtml


Adobe targets school kids to get them hooked on software

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| Adobe is where the 'apps' are manufactured. These apps that have the
| power to make images appear before our children's eyes. "There were
| all these, like, stars, and they were rotating. It really captured
| my attention," said Nigel, 14, hardly more than a child, but with
| the vacant expression of a man who has spent hours looking at a
| screen. Nigel has now discovered he needs glasses.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38254


Microsoft: 'Financial incentives' for Live Search data

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| In an apparent attempt to boost its disappointing Web search market
| share, Microsoft is giving financial incentives to large enterprise
| customers whose employees use Microsoft's Live Search engine.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070316/tc_infoworld/86900

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