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____/ Homer on Tuesday 22 July 2008 12:43 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
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>> | Clamping down too hard on pirates may also encourage people to
>> | switch to free, open-source alternatives. “It’s easier for our
>> | software to compete with Linux when there’s piracy than when
>> | there’s not,” Microsoft’s chairman, Bill Gates, told Fortune
>> | magazine last year.
>> `----
>
> Did Billy Buttcrust just say that "pirating" was OK?
Yes, Jeff Raikes said it more explicitly last year. Copyright infringement is
good as long as you can make money that way. It's bad when people are
already 'addicted', so you can squeeze their wallet.
That's Microsoft Logic.
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~~ Best of wishes
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