Kind of reminds me of a discussion I had sometime back with some pals regarding very popular global hit songs.
Its not because of the acclaimed global sales but because of the how much is "shared" windows seems to have the high "shared" rate than FREE Software. How can we share FOSS more easily and induce other to want to shared too? # ocira On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:14 PM, joachim Gwoke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Guys, > > ever stop to think of how 'netcentric' *nix is compared to windows? most > times I will tell you one can leg it in town and come up with all the M$oft > OS versions right down to the one with the latest service pack easier than > one can get a basic *nix. See the uphill task *nix has? > > regards > Joachim > > > Mike Barnard wrote thus on 11/11/08 9:41 AM: > > > they mostly get it with the OS installed... the rest > > of the software is pirated. Why pay for it when they can get > > it from their next door neighbour with a warez crack tool > > for the serial > > > > Because it is illegal. Some of us dont like breaking the > > law ;) > > > > eb > > > > And to avoid breaking the law, we stick with FOSS :) > > > > # ocira > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Ernest > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Mike Barnard wrote thus on 11/11/08 9:41 AM: > > > > > >> they mostly get it with the OS installed... the > > rest of the software is > > >> pirated. Why pay for it when they can get it from > > their next door neighbour > > >> with a warez crack tool for the serial > > >> > > > > > > Because it is illegal. Some of us dont like breaking > > the law ;) > > > > > > > > > eb > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > -- Patrick Patons Ocira you can predict that some actions will be calculated to be unpredictable _______________________________________________________ Copyright (c) 2008 OCIRA.net - Creative Applications. All Rights Reserved. tel: +256 704 008818 | Kampala, Uganda ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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