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Aloone_Jonez:
I don't think he meant that.
Anyway spreading warez Windows boosts the number of Windows users so Microsoft still benefits indirectly.
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---I don't think he meant that.
Anyway spreading warez Windows boosts the number of Windows users so Microsoft still benefits indirectly.
--- End quote ---
Exactly.
And I did mean that Jenda/Aloone :D
Using warez MS products is far better, than paying for them IMO.
MS won't get your money. But in a way you are still supporting them as Aloone said.
Although I'd much rather see more people use alternatives to MS software than see them use warez MS software, and I'd much rather see them use warez MS software than use legit MS software.
You should listen to the first half hour or so of http://wm-eddie.info/rms.html if you've got time to burn. RMS touches on why "piracy" is better than legit non-free-software (and he's fecking funny the way he does it too), at least in the share-with-your-neighbour way.
He said something like this but in far better language and that of course:
--- Quote ---If your friend asked you for a copy of X (where X is some non-free software), you should give him a copy of X regardless of what the licence says.
We can assume that your friend has treated you decently, unlike the vendors of X who are denying you your freedom et cetera
--- End quote ---
Just look at my alias, piratePenguin :D
(even though there's no pirate software on my system (there's loads of pirated music) and there likely will never be. That name came to me as a fluke and I couldn't resist.
Anyhow, FAR better than pirating MS software (which is still benefiting MS, as Aloone said) is to switch to a free/otherwise alternative.
And FAR better than giving MS your money for a ligit copy of Windows is to take it off a friend/the internet for a "pirate" version, in which case MS won't get your money, but you're still supporting them.
Paying for MS software, while bashing MS, I just don't get it.
To answer your question Jenda, using a warez version of win98 beats the shite outta paying MS for a legit version of Win98 (for they would have your money!).
Aloone_Jonez:
My PC came with shitty MS works so I was contemplating getting hold of warez MS office 2000 (fuck paying for it) then discovered OpenOffice so I downloaded it and I was pleasantly suprised.
I agree:
warez > paying < free software
Edit:
Only where MS software is concerned.
KernelPanic:
I completely disagree with that.
If you are dreaming of an OSS utopia, which RMS seems to be, then you will expect users and other developers/corportations to honour the GPL - your licence of choice.
But at the same time he says it's fine to disregard the terms of use and licences regarding proprietary software?
Bullshit.
Talk about being a balls-out hypocrite...
Note: I havn't listened to the article, so if i'm slating RMS it is on merit of what piratePenguin posted. Time for bed.
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---warez > paying < free software
--- End quote ---
That's a better way of putting it :D
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