0. Bull? Learn some manners, sir. 1. VMware was developed by the company. It is not produced by them. No one produces a software. 2. I never said that it is free. It is not. 3. It is NOT stolen!!! only a physical item can be stolen. 4. If he can't pay the american price that they demand then they are NOT deprived of income. 5. He does have the right to own it. VMware must offer him a price relative to the income in his country.
Yuval On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 10:12:38AM -0500, Larry Schuler wrote: > Bull. > > VMware is "produced" by a company and sold for money. They have set up a > legal entity to do this. Just because their product is not something you > can touch and feel, does not make it free. When it is stolen, your > depriving the company of income that is needed to pay for salaries, R&D, > brick&mortar facilities, etc. The company *is* deprived of income! > > Bottom line, and you know it, your taking something you have not > purchased, and have no right to own. > > > Scharf Yuval wrote: > >On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 09:42:53AM -0500, Larry Schuler wrote: > > > >>>You missed one other option, do without. That is what I am doing. > >> > >>Exactly. > >> > >>I would love to have one of those new Ferrari's. But, oh my, they're too > >>expensive, and my poor little self can't afford one on my piddly salary. > >>So, should I just go steal one???? > >> > > > > > >If you'll steal a Ferray the owner will not have it anymore. > >This is not the case in software. > > > > > >>Bruce E. Harris wrote: > >> > >>>You missed one other option, do without. That is what I am doing. > >>> > >>>On Tuesday 02 March 2004 07:08 pm, Bruce E. Harris wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>>I know that 300$ is nothing in your world with people being payed that > >>>>>much in a day (if say a doctor worked in your country he might get > >>>>>close > >>>>>to 300$ a day), but few people here have a salary in that range over > >>>>>here. > >>>>> > >>>>>So we have several options, > >>>>>1. Buy the exorbitantly priced software. > >>>>>2. Buy a pirated cd of the software (.5$) > >>>>>3. Download a cracked vesion of the sofware. > >>>>> > >>>>>Grendel > >>> > >>> > >> > >>-- > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > >> > > > > > > > >-- > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
