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Should users pay for upgrades?
I paid in full for W95 and W98. Then,I paid in full for XP. And once more, I paid in full for Vista.
For most users, the only one which genuinely ...
Crack or not to crack?
I have been faithful and been in line for w95, w98se, xp, vista, and 7 as they arrived.
I feel I've gotten my money's worth from 98, xp, and so far,...
The core root of the problem.
I am neither a Mac or Pc fanatic, I just happen to have used Pc's for a long time and I am comfortable working with the Windows operating system. Whether ...
Screw you administrator
do u ever heard of open source software which is way better than this type of craps and it is proven!
now STFU and fuck your mother moron!
always ...
Too much money !!! I can't afford it.
Canadian New Egg price.
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional English - Retail
Your Price:$329.99
$329.99 CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT ????
How can I or ...
In South Africa, Durban we don't buy softwares
In South Africa, Durban we don't buy softwares coz they 2 expencv.
especially Teens from DUT who r dng IT They r gud in coping and hacking New Softwares ...
oh well..if you dont want your software pirated
don't charge 300+ dollars for a os system in this s$$t economy..................
Windows 7 Cracked
This is good news for the world in the fact that Bill Gates stole from IBM.
So please. It will be a better life for all to have open source code were ...
I think Bill Gates is already a rich guy
I think that you're point should be right if we were talking about someone else. Or some other company, but Microsoft.
Microsoft and Bill Gates do not ...
Since i paid for Vista...
I bought Vista when it came out and it was filled with bugs and slow as hell.
I would reinstall and patch it up every 2 months or so but it just never ...
I think its not good to use cracks but many ppl dont have other choice
I think its not good to use cracks but many ppl dont have other choice.
Average salary in Beijing is 250USD per month!
Who will pay 1 month salary ...
cracking windows 7
it was gonna happen sooner or later
How the REAL world should work
Once upon a time there was an army of software writers who spent years of their lives creating programs to make using a computer a whole lot easier for ...
Charge a more reasonable price and no-one will bother to crack
I paid good money for Vista Business. I was very disappointed.
I called Microsoft. I told them that I did not want Vista any more. Could I please have ...
Where will it end with software piracy?
As a software developer, I'd like to make enough money to pay utilities and feed my family.
If I need to make enough money to do that, and expect ...
MS Ripoff
If MS charged a reasonable amount for their software.
Say $50.00 for windows and $75.00 for office most people would buy it.
After the disaster that was Vista ...
I'd say Windows 7 should come for free to make it up to us.
I cant afford not to use the crack..
Most people at the country I live are not willing to pay such quantity of money for something untangible.
As for me, since I can’t afford that price,...
I think it's too expensive
I think I'd rather "steal" an over priced copy of an operating system than suffer the insanity that comes from being an over worked, under paid, slave ...
LOL Software for free
Who the hell wants to spend time and energy developing software for free?
<<< Linux :3
It's STILL illegal to steal!
If the company that developed an operating system didn't have to build in to the retail cost of the product the very real cost of the losses incurred by ...
Ask a hacker to develop some software for nothing...
What do hackers thin of the golden rule...
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"?
Would they invest millions of dollars in the development ...
About Windows 7 Software Piracy
Piracy is like women, you can't live with them; you can't live without them.
I do not feel sorry for Ma-holeS corporation. They are out to make quick ...
Shit... Windows once again HACKED.............
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I am using Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate with MVP Support...
I have heard that Windows 7 had been leaked in a Lenovo Laptop..
I have read it on Chinese ...
Fantastic ! Yet, Unfortunate .
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I do not condone , nor steal any intellectual property myself (anymore), but I think im about 75% pro-piracy - 25% anti-piracy .
Anyway , my stance ...
Employee Statement
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Honestly, we should have used a better encryption system.
Crackers: You can't crack life, and that is enough for me.
Piracy in general.
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As stated in your article, the piracy of any software not only causes the producers of this software to think twice before spending mega dollars developing ...
How do you feel about Windows 7 being cracked already?
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If you don't like the price or can't afford it, don't buy or use it.
Is anyone putting a gun to your head and demanding you buy it? I don't think so ...
I agree
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I agree, but at the same time, reduce the price.
If Microsoft is on 85% of the world's PC, one would think they can sell it for say $50 like Apple ...
In Bosnia and Herzegowina
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Most of my people don't have enough money and simple your software(Windows) is too expensive.
I will never buy that Software.
By the way, I will ...
Linux is the best ever
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Btw. Your wrong, it was cracked and ready for download (RTM) before the release.
Quote: Who the hell wants to spend time and energy developing software ...
To much
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For starters their are to many versions (Home and Pro would be enough!
The price is to high, to argue that it takes a lot of people etc to develop ...
The Learned Society
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I'm sorry when ever there is a product there are thieves and a lot of people are for one broke. So, the find anyway possible to steal product from anyone....
Build a Better Mousetrap
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I am pleased to find out that Win 7 has been cracked.
If Microsoft would admit to its mistakes and fix what is wrong, and price the products fairly-...
Addendum to my previous post...
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4. Mac - quit being so stingy with your hardware and software. You're worse pirates than Microsoft!
5. Mac - leave Psystar alone, and let them give ...
What about Piracy (software or otherwise)
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I believe piracy is wrong - period.
However, we need to understand what piracy really is. Is it taking a Paid-For item and making it free to rob the ...
Free vs. Pay
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I believe some software can be free by choice, but that choice should be the programmers' choice, and not the end user.
I'm an avid Linux fan (ubuntu ...
As you sow, so you shall reap.
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Piracy as a whole I am against, but to make a point I believe that Microsoft for some time now has demoralized their consumer base.
They have kept ...
Think Linux
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There are many sentences in this article that don't make any sence when you think about the word "Linux", one of the most used O.S. in the world, and maybe ...
MS rip offs
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I know a man who went through high school and was friends with Bill Gates.
One day they went boating on lake Washington. Everyone chipped in for the ...
I have to agree....
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So long as Microsoft continues to charge outrageously high prices for their software, piracy will continue to prevail.
I too am of the opinion that ...
I feel glad that the community has cracked Windows 7. :)
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In this economy, Microsoft STILL wants to sell their (failing) OS for 330$?
That is like 1,115RM IN Malaysia.. EXCLUDING TAXES! Dude... I'm really ...
The problem with capitalism
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I globally agree with your post. There is only one point where I disagree: the way capitalism works. You wrote "You get a service that is valuable and ...
Money talks
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One that has the money will buy a ready system from a store with the operating system pre-installed.. That's the easiest way!
Another that has not a ...
Thoughts of a Repentant Ex-Pirate
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I agree with your thoughts wholeheartedly. Previously my thoughts were in line with what most hackers say to justify their actions - "Information wants ...
open source FREE
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First of all Microsoft has shit on so many of its customers, They bring out vista which a lot of people have had to spend their hard earned cash on, low ...
what about the socially marginalized?
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What about people who are through no fault of their own caught in the "poverty" trap , how does this work then, IT only for the well off?
How are they ...
How I feel about Windows 7 and Piracy
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If you lower the selling price to an amount that is affordable, more people will buy Windows 7 and not even bother to find a cracked version.
Some ...
I do agree on one hand
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I agree with u in principal,but U r making out these are poor companies on their way under.
Microsoft employees are well paid,and the top people are ...
Expensive, Expensive,Expensive
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Price avg in Canada for a Full Retail copy is around.
Your Price:$330.00
I can't afford that.
please send me money !
Story of Microsoft continues
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I think that author of this columns missed something important, when he said:
1. Microsoft take a whole lot of money and use that to hire a lot of really ...
M$ makes plenty of money elsewhere....
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I'm not a fan of piracy but you have to remember, M$ makes most of their money off of new computers bought by companies in bulk than it does by people ...
How to discourage piracy of Windows OS?
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An advise to Microsoft: If you want to discourage software pirates from dismantling your Operating System, make it more affordable!
The money you make ...
Affordable Operating System
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The problem is that consumers want a system that is STABLE AND EASY TO USE.
People couldn't wait to get XP, and now they don't want to leave it.
We ...
Cracking Windows 7
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I see it this way, you do not pay for software, you pirate, you go to jail. Simple as that.
As for the stolen number, change it. Lenovo lost it. Let ...
XP works, Vista doesn't!
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XP works, Vista doesn't, what are you gonna do about it?
Don't throw Windows 7 in our faces without cleaning up!
Why do Microsoft deny users to use ...
I wonder what YOU think?
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What you really expecting with the policy Microsoft has?!
I'm NOT a fan of piracy but I'm really glad the community shows (in seven days!), what Microsoft ...
Piracy is BS-also that Vista was junk BS
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Too many people think stealing is not wrong as long as they are not caught.
Be it Music-Movies or Software or anything else. Piracy=stealing no matter ...
Amiga's death
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The Amiga computer was virtually killed off by piracy.
The last game that EA released in 1998 was cracked and appeared all over the web a week later....
BS
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Microsoft has so much money, and has gotten it through very unethical means.
In return for your money you get a crap OS that needs many many fixes....
A Fact of Life
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Eliminating DRM increased the sale of music from on-line purchase sites.
Only a small percentage will use dark side sources and then just for the ...
