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Originally posted by The_Dude
I dont usually pirate software from small companies, but i feel no guilt in pirating ms products.
win xp pro costs 200 bucks, and office xp costs what? 500? 600?
i think this is just complete bull shit, and ms comes out w/ a new series of these almost ever year now! what do they expect us to milk out 1000 bucks/yr for their software?
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So it's OK to pirate software from large compaines that charge 200 bucks for their product but not from the small company who charges 30 bucks. Look at how many developers the compaines have to pay for...the 30 dollar program probably only pays for a few developers while the 200 from the large corp pays for many developers. I'm not saying that none of it is profit, but the larger company does have more overhead.
What do you think would happen if no one pirated from software companies and everyone purchased software like they were supposed to. Do you think prices would go down because of increased revenue? Do you think you would get a better product because more staff could be hired?
As far as new versions of software goes, unless you need the new features, don't upgrade. I stull use office 2000 at home because I don't need the additional features in XP. Don't be a sheep and buy a product just because it's the newest version when you don't need the features it provides.