On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 15:16, Ross Werner wrote: > On 5 Sep 2003, Brent Thomson wrote: > > [Piracy in re Mac software being more expensive] > > > I don't think the person that made the free Windows software was > > necessarily refering to downloading illegal copies of software. Anyone > > that has ever visited download.com can testify that there are thousands > > of software titles for Windows that are free. Most of these are just > > little helper-type applications that are free because they aren't really > > marketable, but, nonetheless, they _are_ free and legit. > > I don't know--I kind of lean towards the "piracy" interpretation. You can > also get tons of helper-type applications for Macs which are free (just > look at VersionTracker.com) not to mention all the sources you have to > turn to with a Unix-based OS X. Also, it's _way_ easier to find Windows > software on Kazaa or whatever than it is to get Mac stuff.
Not to mention all your friends and family who are willing to "lend you a cd" with some Windows software on it. I gave someone Open Office to use for the semester and when I later asked if this person had tried it, they were like, "Oh, my sister put MS-Office on there for me, so no, I haven't." Well, I tried. I suppose I should have laid on the guilt trip right there, but I'm not very good at that. > Actually, more than the "piracy" interpretation, I lean towards the "He > just didn't know what the heck he was talking about" interpretation. ;-) This was my general impression from the whole article. Did any of them know that much about what they were talking about? Bryan ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
