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Rampant piracy affects open source in Africa
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| When people can access cheap pirated
| software, they do not invest in
| customization of open-source software, and
| this "affects the growth of open-source-
| based businesses and services," said Evans
| Ikua, chairman of the Linux Professional
| Association in Kenya.
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http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=B211CE43-1A64-67EA-E42879674C1270D8
Reactions to the problem of software pirates
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| For example, you would pay anywhere in the
| region of Dh300 to Dh500 for Microsoft
| Office while there are perfectly good open
| source systems available for free on the
| internet.
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http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100519/OPINION/705189929/1099
"It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy
than when there's not."
--Bill Gates
Recent:
Microsoft: âPiracy no longer poses a threat to usâ
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| To be totally honest, anytime you use any OS
| of any kind you open yourself up to viruses
| and trojans, especially with Microsoftâs
| Operating Systems.
|
| As this article is published, Microsoft has
| unfortunately not answered to our repeated
| email requests for a statement on this issue.
| In the news business thatâs called a solid âno
| comment.â
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http://freakbits.com/microsoft-piracy-no-longer-poses-a-threat-to-us-1202
Microsoft Anti-Piracy Chief Steps Down
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| In the latest in a string of executive
| departures from Microsoft, the head of the
| company's anti-piracy efforts has left the
| company.
|
| Alex Kochis, who was the director of
| Microsoft's Genuine Software program,
| announced his resignation in a New Year's
| Eve blog post titled "Happy New Year and
| Goodbye."
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/microsoft_news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222200085
Who are the Real Pirates?
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| The EULA is incomprehensible. Following it
| is impossible and it costs you dearly to
| try. Go Free. Use FLOSS instead.
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http://pogson.6k.ca/2010/01/09/who-are-the-real-pirates/
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