[ Accidentally replied privately. ] On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Renzo Fabriek <rfabr...@nerdshack.com>wrote:
> On Saturday 10 March 2012 18:26:29 you wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Renzo Fabriek <rfabr...@nerdshack.com > >wrote: > > > > > On Friday 09 March 2012 13:10:13 Nomen Nescio wrote: > > > > > Who in their right mind would EVER want to run this crap? > > > > > > > > You answered your own question. My guess? People who are too cheap > to buy > > > > Windows and too stupid to figure out how to find a free copy of XP or > > > Win 7 > > > > on the net and do the activation or find a password. That's a pretty > > > small > > > > user space. > > > > > > Free copy's of Windows? Do they exist? > > > Violating copyright laws because "software should be free" or "I found it > > on the Internet!!!" is dangerous if you actually have a job or your mommy > > and daddy aren't willing to pay your legal costs if you get caught. Like > > stealing money from winos, you might not get caught but it teaches > > dangerous habits that shouldn't be taught in your social life or > > professional life. OpenBSD and the other open sourced operating systems > > have been very good about this: Nomen should not be suggesting dangerous > > habits on a public mailing list. > > > > Also, since so many of do need to work with Windows based software for > > work, it's potentially useful. Samba started tis way, and is now a > mainstay > > of filesharing systems. And when Microsoft drops XP support, a workable > > open source toolkit could be very helpful to access legacy data from > legacy > > applications. I've had this sort of thing happen with Windows, Mac, UNIX, > > and Linux software from obsolete operating systems. It's also handy for > old > > games: I've got a really old Resident Evil game I can only play in > > emulation, because the hardware it ran on is broken. (I keep it in the > > basement so I can say "I have a right to the emulator ROM images".) > > > > Did you CC the list? otherwise I'm the only one who recieved it. :) > > My question was retorical. > I'm afraid that some folks do think that pirated copies are "free". Ethics can be very difficult: is it ethical to steal from a thief? For someone who's living in the "I can steal it for free, why bother with a freeware one" world, explaining ethical or moral behavior can be awkward. > But to respond a bit. It is always funny that the risc is being argued as > reason not to do it while the main reason should be cause it is unethical. > But... i also do make the same mistake. But that doesn't make it less true. > Oh, not always! Perhaps I've spent too much time around people whose ethical values are horrible, trying to convince them by other means to do the right thing. > I fully agree with your message. > > gr > Renzo
