How To Pirate Software? No Thanks!
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Pirated software hurts Linux el 'Open Source who does not Have you ever used, even for once, the software pirate?
A pirated copy of Windows XP
, one of
MS-Office, or, for a change the company, one of Adobe Photoshop
.
In recent years I have noticed that more and more people tend to use pirated copies of software, either because the cost of these programs is sometimes too high, either because now with ADSL download entire DVD is no longer a problem.
Although, every now and then, Microsoft made a statement against piracy and mechanisms of activation of Windows have been made more complex, I never heard news of sensational sentences, such as Mr.
"Tom" which used a copy of
Windows without a license.
My personal thought is this: Take for example the
Microsoft and its Windows OS
, while the Redmond company
lose the gain on the sale of non-licensed, on the other
will "buy" a huge .
hypothetical person who uses Windows XP (or Vista) without a license although at first glance may seem a burden, given the economic side, for
Microsoft is instead a gold mine "hidden costs".
Let me explain: this time the person will be able to use Windows and only for this do not want to use only at home but also at work, forcing his way employers to purchase Microsoft licenses the company to equip the computer with Windows (Let it be clear that the concept is obvious that no one person can affect the decisions of a company but if you are thousands of people then the situation changes). Returning home
use this person will be tempted to use a webcam or any other device going to buy products that provide compatibility with the OS using the shell, or turning to the network will visit only those websites that provide services compatible with OS uses the Windows clipboard. (Case striking was that the BBC had made a deal "cheap" with Windows can view the Olympic directed only to the owners of computers with Windows installed).
I could continue with many more examples but I think this is clear enough to understand how much money indirectly leads a user who uses pirated software.
Imagine now a reality in which really is impossible to use a software for a fee, without purchasing the license due.
Many people would not enlarge to meet the costs of very expensive programs, such as the '
Adobe Photoshop. So
how?
Well the answer is both simple and obvious, people will start to use Open Source products
, free and easily available.
eg beginning to use from the outset, as the operating system, Linux
coming to the point of use to know well and want to use it even at work, requiring the Linux compatibility for all add-ons, in fact, led the market to meet the required value.
Unfortunately, the true reality is quite different.
I personally have set the '
"obligation" to use only original products, acquiring licenses due and in the case program too expensive, I can not afford that, try the alternative
Free Open Source, for example, instead of Adobe Photoshop
use
Gimp, which despite what you may think is an excellent program, especially for 'I use that an average user can do.
At this point I think it's clear why the pirate software damage
Linux el '
Open Source .
If you share my ideas and then believe it is right to fight against pirated software trying to promulgate the culture of open source you can join the project: