Good Morning;<br><br>You guys crack me up - this is a conversation for fun, right? ;)<br><br>It seems pretty clear to me: Developers/companys make software products to sell. If you use the products without paying for them you are stealing them. I'm stealing them, I clearly realize that. <br><br>-doesn't matter if you think the software costs too much<br>-doesn't matter if you think the company is trying to crush the competition though any means necessary (of course they are they're running a business)<br>-doesn't matter if you think software should be free (speech or beer)<br>-doesn't matter if you would or wouldn't have purchased the software if you hadn't stolen it.<br><br>The only difference between stealing Bill Gate's software and his car is if you steal his car both of you can't drive it to work. - and perhaps that's a significant difference, but it doesn't change the fact... that it's... still... stealing.<br><br>So, stealing
being a fact, ask yourself: What would Bill rather have you, the computer enthusiast, doing - using stolen Windows XP or growing and promoting LInux?<br><br>John<br><br><br><br><b><i>markring40@ippimail.com</i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> I understand your point. I just disagree with you. Because I disagree<br>doesn't mean I don't understand. Or that I am incapable of understanding.<br><br>I agree to drop the discussion. We are just beating a dead horse.<br><br><br>> On Wed, 6 Sep 2006 markring40@ippimail.com wrote:<br>><br>>>> No! The company has simply endured 998,000 violations of their license<br>>>> agreement, something they can create and enforce based on copyright.<br>>>> You may think that translates into the loss of $499M, and Mike may not.<br>>>> While I think the company may be owed $499M by those who violated
their<br>>>> license, it is money they never had and in reality were never likely to<br>>>> make.<br>>><br>>> According to whom? I don't believe you've ever owned or managed a<br>>> business. If someone uses a product you created and they have never<br>>> paid for it; as the owner of that company you would most definately call<br>>> that a loss.<br>><br>> I think it's fair to say that you just don't understand our point. So I<br>> think we should drop it because either you don't want to understand or you<br>> are unable to understand. What we are talking about has nothing to do<br>> with whether you have create software and it has nothing to do with laws.<br>> It also has nothing to do with what a company will call a loss. If you<br>> would read my earliest post with the 998,000 in it, maybe there is hope<br>> that you will understand what I was saying, but I doubt it.<br>><br>>
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