On 2008-09-03, The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, JEDIDIAH
><jedi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Wed, 3 Sep 2008 13:27:32 -0500
><slrngbtlok.ffv.jedi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> On 2008-09-03, Robin T Cox <nomail@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> "It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy
>>>> than when there's not."
>>>>
>>>> --Bill Gates
>>>
>>> Are there any figures for the number of pirated Windows systems in use?
>>>
>>> Versus those which have been legitimately bought and paid for?
>>>
>>> My guess is that the vast majority of Windows systems and software are
>>> actually pirated.
>>
>> Nah... I figure most are OEM installs.
>>
>> Most people don't build their machines anymore.
>
> I'm not even sure it's possible to build a laptop at home,
> beyond such elementary things as memory and disk changeout
> (which on my nx9010 is easy enough, once one figures out
> how to remove a certain rubber plug :-) ). And even with a
> standard PC the building is generally limited to switching
> mass-produced cards around (including the main motherboard)
Well "PC building" has always been that. It's just that
as the outer layer of WinDOS software has gotten fancier, the
proportion of system builders has gone down. Sure, you can
still do it but it's a vanishing part of the market.
It's generally relegated to the "enthusiast" and even
then likely only for a particular purpose that ready made
systems don't quite always do well with yet ( HTPC client,
HTPC server, or homebrew NAS ).
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