Comments on: Microsoft Sets Value Of Pirated Windows: $1

By: BigSexyWashboardAbsAl

BigSexyWashboardAbsAl — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

RE: $1 + FreewareThe deal is an good idea, though your argument that it would force the Indonesian govt to buy legal copies of MS Office and so on is valid, bear in mind that it is a lot easier to get users to switch to OpenOffice than it is to get everyone to switch to Linux (despite the fact that they would still be using OpenOffice). My point is that $1 gives you support, a legal copy, access to all the security patches in the future and allows you to use a platform you are comfortable with.

A smart IT administrator would take this opportunity to load up the PC’s with freewares and reduce licensing costs. At $1 Windows beats the pants off even Free copies of Linux! (for me at least, dont get me wrong, Linux is my favorite pass-time, but MS has a monopoly for a reason!)

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By: chowkidar

chowkidar — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

RE: $1 + FreewareRegarding the security patches, if the Indonesian government ever got hacked and word got out they were running Windows, that’ll just be more reason for other governments to adapt linux. MS is not only trying to set a precedent for legal use, but also protecting their own image. They would happily give away free copies of windows and make money on applications. Once the dependency is built into the infrastructure, versioning will yield revenues down the line. The initial battle is to secure the base.

By: BigSexyWashboardAbsAl

BigSexyWashboardAbsAl — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

RE:if there is anything at all that all the problems with Firefox teaches us (research by symantec showed that IE is safer than Firefox), it is that is that Linux is not necessarily safer… it’s just less bothered!

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