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How Microsoft turned piracy into profit

posted by Carni Parti
11/1/2009 9:13:37 PM

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Flynn_2006 : LVL 47: VP 5: said:

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20 days 2 hours ago...

Bill Gates is a pimp.

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Chuckus : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

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19 days 14 hours ago...

The shareware model on a whole new level. Nice

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pr0mythius : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

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19 days 13 hours ago...

is this an ok from microsoft to pirate all their shit?

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jmillion : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

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19 days ago...

Awesomeness! Almost 15 years of computing at home and the only software I`ve paid actual money for besides video games was Microsoft Operating Systems.

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Silverest : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

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19 days ago...

Fucking genius. That is the business mindset I`d hope to have in the future if I get into business.

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novaflash : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

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18 days 22 hours ago...

God I hate the err the um the er WAY that this guh guh GUY talks.

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ste7en : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

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18 days 20 hours ago...

I like free now and `free` later alot better.

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360SNaKe : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

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18 days 18 hours ago...

That guy sucks at talking. Annoying as hell!

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M0re B33r : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

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18 days 18 hours ago...

^^ And you suck at posting!

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Teddyslayer86 : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

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18 days 18 hours ago...

There`s a reason Bill Gates is the richest man on the planet.

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killedinaction9 : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

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18 days 17 hours ago...

okay,im gonna pirate all the M$ shit from now on.

...and if they catch me?
i`ll just say i was in China at the time:)

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sato : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

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18 days 17 hours ago...

money-grubbing mpaa assholes charging us for theatre ticket then dvd version then more for widescreen then more again for blue ray and again if we want to watch in another country or on another device...
any luck this same theory will work on them and they`ll get abandoned in favour of cheaper, no bullshit alternatives leaving them with NOTHING!

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POOEYO : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

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18 days 16 hours ago...

It`s not just Microsoft that have adopted this business model.

Adobe Flash has a near monopoly on media rich content publishing on the web (one that Microsoft`s Silverlight is having great trouble breaking btw).

I mean, it`s probably not quite the case now admittedly, but a few years ago the vast majority of Flash games and animations were made by young people using either pirated or "perma-trial" versions of Flash.

Also, a similar approach seems to have been adopted by Apple for their industry standard Logic Pro music production suite. Where previously, when you bought a copy it came with a dongle, it wouldn`t work without it - which it has to be pointed out, was never cracked - there were ZERO working pirated copies in existence. But since version 8 onwards, you only require a serial to use it... and then surprise, surprise - the very next day after Logic 8 was released, working pirated copies were available via torrents.

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sc2000 : LVL 29: VP 3.8: said:

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18 days 13 hours ago...

please, he acts like microsoft is the first company to do this.

Crack dealers have been giving out free samples from day one.

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henchi : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

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18 days 12 hours ago...

I guess there is no such thing as a free lunch T_T

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