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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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140 days 18 hours ago...

Bill Gates is a pimp.

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Chuckus : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

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140 days 6 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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140 days 5 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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139 days 16 hours 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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139 days 16 hours 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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139 days 13 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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139 days 12 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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139 days 10 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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139 days 10 hours ago...

^^ And you suck at posting!

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Teddyslayer86 : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

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139 days 9 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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139 days 9 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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139 days 9 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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139 days 8 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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