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Prometheus · #1 10-21-2004, 09:24 AM

ZDNet is running a story where Steve Ballmer tries to pin the blame of software copyright infringement on expensive hardware: 'One way to stem piracy is to offer consumers in emerging countries a low-cost PC, Ballmer said. "There has to be...a $100 computer to go down-market in some of these countries. We have to engineer (PCs) to be lighter and cheaper," he said.' Does he think that cheaper hardware will make copying software harder to do?"

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Jason425 · #2 10-21-2004, 10:50 AM

I agree with his point... you CAN'T pirate hardware.. so people break even with the software...

Dragon · #3 10-21-2004, 11:49 AM

works for me. the concept, i mean.

i think people just opt for the cheaper option. duh.

Uranium-235 · #4 10-21-2004, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason425

I agree with his point... you CAN'T pirate hardware.. so people break even with the software...

actually you CAN priate hardware. it's called shoplifing, and it's alot harder to get away with

Jason425 · #5 10-21-2004, 02:17 PM

aka why I don't do it - and didn't even think of it..

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