Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux
On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 19:51:54 +0300
Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 11:07:37 +0300
> > Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:44:18 +0300
> > > > Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > [snip]
> > > >
> > > > > An interesting trend is that some small businesses who can't
> > > > > afford to run pirated software, but also don't want/can't
> > > > > afford to pay for MS Office are using OpenOffice.
> > > >
> > > > Only those who "can't afford to run pirated software"? Are there
> > > > none who respect the legal or moral rights of software producers?
> > >
> > > Willingly? When the average income is ~200 EUR/month and some
> > > software suite costs ~700EUR, moral considerations come second. The
> > > only questions is if you are likely to have a visit from the BSA or
> > > not!
> >
> > Are you arguing that poverty justifies stealing?
>
> No I'm not, I was just telling what happens in real life. For my part
> I'm not running Windows any more (though my laptop does have a sticker
> for XP Professional) and recommend FLOSS to anyone who wants to listen.
AOL! (But my sticker says "Windows MCE", and I've kept it (Windows) in
case I ever need to run something not supported by linux).
Celejar
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