On Sat, 2010-10-16 at 15:30 +0530, openbala wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves
> wrote:
> > do not forget that microsoft encourages piracy - 'first let them get
> it
> > free and then make them pay'
>
> Oh, you don't have to praise Microsoft so much! You're implying as i
On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves
wrote:
> do not forget that microsoft encourages piracy - 'first let them get it
> free and then make them pay'
Oh, you don't have to praise Microsoft so much! You're implying as if
Microsoft knows how to stop piracy and willingly doesn't want t
On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 22:27 +0530, Abishek Goda wrote:
> That said, if MS decides to crack down, I won't be surprised if people
> start picking vendor PCs (like dell/lenovo/hp) that come with windows
> bundled as part of the desktop/laptop!
which is why they will never crack down
--
regards
KG
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On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 22:25 +0530, balaji sivanath wrote:
> > Ha.. No need for such a "no more" situation.. If Microsoft finds a
> way to
> > ban all pirated copies of Windows, thats enough. Except a few
> corporate
> > offices and Windows fans, none will be ready to purchase the
> original
> > ver
>
> Service and support, yes; but warranty is not given by anyone. Read the EULA
> carefully. So no accountability!
No accountability or warranty is needed. The word is support and
service-level-agreements. Your critical project could not go live on
the given date due to a internal network/softwar
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 11:41 PM, Akilan R wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 11:30 PM, openbala wrote:
>
>> Corporate Users typically choose Windows because
>> - Accountability, Dependability: IBM, Microsoft, Oracle will sell
>> products with *warranty*, *service*, *support* - which doesn't come
>
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 11:30 PM, openbala wrote:
> Corporate Users typically choose Windows because
> - Accountability, Dependability: IBM, Microsoft, Oracle will sell
> products with *warranty*, *service*, *support* - which doesn't come
> for free even in FOSS world. So, given a choice, they al
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 8:52 PM, balaji sivanath wrote:
> proprietary software.
> What's the problem... why popularity is not there.. why they are
> hesitating to come into free world
Well, there are different kinds of users,
Desktop users typically choose Windows because
- it just works with t
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Abishek Goda wrote:
> > Ha.. No need for such a "no more" situation.. If Microsoft finds a way to
> > ban all pirated copies of Windows, thats enough. Except a few corporate
> > offices and Windows fans, none will be ready to purchase the original
> > version! Doe
> Ha.. No need for such a "no more" situation.. If Microsoft finds a way to
> ban all pirated copies of Windows, thats enough. Except a few corporate
> offices and Windows fans, none will be ready to purchase the original
> version! Does MS have the guts to do that??
I think many europeans and ame
> Ha.. No need for such a "no more" situation.. If Microsoft finds a way to
> ban all pirated copies of Windows, thats enough. Except a few corporate
> offices and Windows fans, none will be ready to purchase the original
> version! Does MS have the guts to do that??
>
+1
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On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 9:33 PM, balaji sivanath wrote:
> >Great thought! :-)
> thank u :-)
>
> >That is, most people don't want to move to new things
> >until they have no other go. Once accustomed to something its difficult to
> >switch over to something else, unless one has a strong will to do
Sent: Fri, October 15, 2010 9:33:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Ilugc] why people going for proprietary?
>Great thought! :-)
thank u :-)
>That is, most people don't want to move to new things
>until they have no other go. Once accustomed to something its difficult to
>switch over to something
>Great thought! :-)
thank u :-)
>That is, most people don't want to move to new things
>until they have no other go. Once accustomed to something its difficult to
>switch over to something else, unless one has a strong will to do so.
today morning only thought if something happens and a situation
Dear Balaji,
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 8:52 PM, balaji sivanath wrote:
> hi,
>
> i am in free world! enjoying the freedom.
>
> we have variety of os whichever we can choose to our wish.
> we dont need antivirus.
> we have secure os than other proprietary os.
> we have thousands of softwares to use
hi,
i am in free world! enjoying the freedom.
we have variety of os whichever we can choose to our wish.
we dont need antivirus.
we have secure os than other proprietary os.
we have thousands of softwares to use that can be downloaded easily
via internet.
we have lots of forums and lots of mailin
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