http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/28/microsoft_cutdown_windows/
Has anyone read this article??? Russia gets chjeaper prices because of this
Has anyone read this article??? Russia gets chjeaper prices because of this
89% Of Russian Software is pirated according to this article
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why dont they just use linux?
Tim said:
This does not happen only in Russia. In most former comunist (read poor) countries the situation is the same, although it's starting to ameliorate. But still most of the software is pirated but not so much as a few years ago. (I'm referring to romania 'cause that's the country I know best)
Ironically for some of the software the pirated version appears before the legit one.
in Croatia, during the worse years (1991-1995), while we had war, percentage was arounf 95-96% percent of pirated software.
even govermant used it, they signed deal with M$ about dozens of thousends of licences some years ago. dunno exact time, but it was after the war.
offcourse that russia has so much piracy.....
if u make 100$ a month, then you buy a shittiest comp on market (something that doesnt even go thru all quality tests) and you buy in on 2,3 or 5 years credit, just so your kids can have comp, casue they bloody need it if they wanna do anything later in their life other then maybe mining in Sybiria......then HOW can you buy legit software?
lets say you kid is talented and would like to work in Photoshop.....
fucking thing costs ONE YEAR SALARY...that means no food, no power, no NOTHING for 1 year just to buy one CD with some code on it.....
sooooooooooo......what would YOU do?
its not just russia, i can buy yellow pages here and order any game for 2 euro per CD if i want, yellow pages are full of those adds.....
why doesnt govermant crack on piracy?.....you think govermant can afford to order ppl not to eat for 1 year to buy Photoshop? how long would that govermant stay in power?....
computers are common goods these days and we all know that you cant get jobs without even basic skills on comps, so whats the big surprise?
cause you live in US and make 20,30 or 50 times more then that average russian?.....so you are shocked how that bastard doesnt want to pay for the software he is using....imagine that....
but when US companie grab best programmers from our countries to work there (in the US) and make you even more cash...you dont ask if they learned how to work on legit software, do you?....you are happy to grab the best we have and use them for your economy....
lovely, isnt it.....
even govermant used it, they signed deal with M$ about dozens of thousends of licences some years ago. dunno exact time, but it was after the war.
offcourse that russia has so much piracy.....
if u make 100$ a month, then you buy a shittiest comp on market (something that doesnt even go thru all quality tests) and you buy in on 2,3 or 5 years credit, just so your kids can have comp, casue they bloody need it if they wanna do anything later in their life other then maybe mining in Sybiria......then HOW can you buy legit software?
lets say you kid is talented and would like to work in Photoshop.....
fucking thing costs ONE YEAR SALARY...that means no food, no power, no NOTHING for 1 year just to buy one CD with some code on it.....
sooooooooooo......what would YOU do?
its not just russia, i can buy yellow pages here and order any game for 2 euro per CD if i want, yellow pages are full of those adds.....
why doesnt govermant crack on piracy?.....you think govermant can afford to order ppl not to eat for 1 year to buy Photoshop? how long would that govermant stay in power?....
computers are common goods these days and we all know that you cant get jobs without even basic skills on comps, so whats the big surprise?
cause you live in US and make 20,30 or 50 times more then that average russian?.....so you are shocked how that bastard doesnt want to pay for the software he is using....imagine that....
but when US companie grab best programmers from our countries to work there (in the US) and make you even more cash...you dont ask if they learned how to work on legit software, do you?....you are happy to grab the best we have and use them for your economy....
lovely, isnt it.....
Lovely.
It's a trend towards more and more software piracy but it's maybe some difference how it's played in different countries?
In the west it's all done more or less by P2P ,at least by the younger generation and mostly for private (ab)use but in other countries (Russia ,China ,Southeast Asia) it's also sold openly in markets and probably used more for commercial purposes than in the US/Ca + EU.
It's a trend towards more and more software piracy but it's maybe some difference how it's played in different countries?
In the west it's all done more or less by P2P ,at least by the younger generation and mostly for private (ab)use but in other countries (Russia ,China ,Southeast Asia) it's also sold openly in markets and probably used more for commercial purposes than in the US/Ca + EU.
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