I tend to go through phases of pirating and then going legit and then pirating again. At any point you can probably find something pirated, but sometimes you have to look harder than other times. I'm probably the only person I know who bought an actual retail version of Windows XP Professional. I have the CD in my drive right now because of the nice warm feeling it gives.
Having said that, I'm probably pirating it, because I have a virtual machine that I think nothing of running windows on, and apparently that isn't allowed.
I won't be buying Vista, but will be getting to grips with Ubuntu instead when I actually need to upgrade my OS. I may end up with bundled Vista, but I will try to avoid it.
office for the mac is good but too expensive for me, thus i pirate. openoffice on the mac just isnt up to par. i'll give it another version or so and try it again. abiword is nice but just doesnt feel as polished. i give the MacBU at microsoft cred for their products.
It's not ready. Ready means ready for the general population, not just Linux nerds. If you have to compile anything, it's not ready. Mac OS X is what it needs to become. It's no where near that.
Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, agrees that it is not ready for the desktop.
I used to, but I don't pirate Microsoft stuff anymore.
For everything but games, I've been using Linux exclusively for about 5 years now. For games, I have an el-cheapo eMachines sitting next to me, with a legit copy of XP SP2 and little else.
Re: Linux on the desktop. Installing Linux? Sure, that can be hard, but installing Windows is worse — unless, of course, you have a pre-made driver/restore disc for your factory-built PC, or you've already scrounged the Internet for your drivers and burned them to CD. And, if you're smart, you also downloaded the standalone SP2, slipstreamed in the latest patches...
Running Linux? Very easy these days. Run Debian testing, or something Debian-based like Ubuntu. I haven't compiled anything I didn't write myself for years.
The only way to pirate from Microsoft is to attack their ships on the open seas, stealing physical goods from them.
Copyright infringement is a crime. The crime is utterly separate from piracy: it's non-violent, it has nothing to do with the open sea or ships. The crime is also not depriving the original possesor of the affected item, so it's not theft.
Call the crime what it is, without trying to layer emotion and prejudgement onto it.
I disagree on the basis of the wrong usage of the word Pirate. I refuse to compare myself to murderer's. Piracy took things from people, including their lives. Not buying something doesn't take anything from a software developer. I had a choice between run a copy of windows shared with me by a friend, or not run windows at all. By running windows in a virtual machine on my Mac, I can test things in it to ensure compatibility with Microsoft's platform. What I use Windows for is in Microsoft's best interest in strengthening their web platform. My time is a gift I give them in good faith. If they would like me to stop, they simply have to ask personally.
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Why pirate that crap.
Yeah, an anti eco super tax should be levied against this pollution they call ms.
How much CO2 goes into those wurring drives?
Why pirate? Because Linux is still a long ways from being ready for the desktop.
I don't but that's because XP was already installed on my laptop and because Open Office is free.
it's ready for my desktop.
I'm number 23. Again
I tend to go through phases of pirating and then going legit and then pirating again. At any point you can probably find something pirated, but sometimes you have to look harder than other times. I'm probably the only person I know who bought an actual retail version of Windows XP Professional. I have the CD in my drive right now because of the nice warm feeling it gives.
Having said that, I'm probably pirating it, because I have a virtual machine that I think nothing of running windows on, and apparently that isn't allowed.
I won't be buying Vista, but will be getting to grips with Ubuntu instead when I actually need to upgrade my OS. I may end up with bundled Vista, but I will try to avoid it.
office for the mac is good but too expensive for me, thus i pirate. openoffice on the mac just isnt up to par. i'll give it another version or so and try it again. abiword is nice but just doesnt feel as polished. i give the MacBU at microsoft cred for their products.
@nic
It's not ready. Ready means ready for the general population, not just Linux nerds. If you have to compile anything, it's not ready. Mac OS X is what it needs to become. It's no where near that.
Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, agrees that it is not ready for the desktop.
I used to, but I don't pirate Microsoft stuff anymore.
For everything but games, I've been using Linux exclusively for about 5 years now. For games, I have an el-cheapo eMachines sitting next to me, with a legit copy of XP SP2 and little else.
Re: Linux on the desktop. Installing Linux? Sure, that can be hard, but installing Windows is worse — unless, of course, you have a pre-made driver/restore disc for your factory-built PC, or you've already scrounged the Internet for your drivers and burned them to CD. And, if you're smart, you also downloaded the standalone SP2, slipstreamed in the latest patches...
Running Linux? Very easy these days. Run Debian testing, or something Debian-based like Ubuntu. I haven't compiled anything I didn't write myself for years.
To say that I pirate them is a gross understatement. There are no words to describe what I do to these MS products. Not even bad words.
The only way to pirate from Microsoft is to attack their ships on the open seas, stealing physical goods from them.
Copyright infringement is a crime. The crime is utterly separate from piracy: it's non-violent, it has nothing to do with the open sea or ships. The crime is also not depriving the original possesor of the affected item, so it's not theft.
Call the crime what it is, without trying to layer emotion and prejudgement onto it.
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We ought to attack Microsoft's ships on the open seas. Aghrrrrrrr.@antigamer.com you are a complete fucking idiot.
Linus has got nothing to do with the desktop end of so called "linux" so his opinion isn't worth much.
Instead go talk to the many businesses and government agenices that have installed linux in their organizations. They think it's ready.
And then go talk to all the people who use ubuntu day to day. They think it's ready too.
You worthless know nothing.
Vista is great! But I have no money to spend for it.
I disagree on the basis of the wrong usage of the word Pirate. I refuse to compare myself to murderer's. Piracy took things from people, including their lives. Not buying something doesn't take anything from a software developer. I had a choice between run a copy of windows shared with me by a friend, or not run windows at all. By running windows in a virtual machine on my Mac, I can test things in it to ensure compatibility with Microsoft's platform. What I use Windows for is in Microsoft's best interest in strengthening their web platform. My time is a gift I give them in good faith. If they would like me to stop, they simply have to ask personally.
Also, nic, This claim has nothing to do with linux. Please don't spam claims with advertisements about competing products.