IRenderable wrote:
rjdohnert wrote:
IRenderable wrote:
To run Apple you have to have special hardware so you can't be pirating the OS. And Solaris is free now.
OpenSolaris is free and you can download Solaris express, but the actual Solaris OS that you buy support for is not. It has code that belongs to the true owners of UNIX that they cannot Open Source. And yes, you have to register a Solaris install.
You can't pirate support.
ummmmmmmm, yes you can
IRenderable wrote:
rjdohnert wrote:
Another example is Adobe. Photoshop and inDesign are the 3rd and 4th most pirated software titles. I only activate em one time. To download templates and add-ons I dont have to jump through flaming hoops to prove I bought them.
So? Just because they do it that way doesn't mean everyone should, less money to them. It really isn't that big a hassle.
Like I said beforee, Adobe knows it wouldnt get away with it. They protect their revenue but at some point you just have to show a little trust. A little show of trust goes a long way with customer relations.
IRenderable wrote:
rjdohnert wrote:
IRenderable wrote:
Thats not practical or possible while doing it for software is.
Whether its practical or possible doesnt matter is it acceptable is. Its not acceptable to do so, no matter what. And if Linux was ready for the desktop and when Linux does bcome a viable solution, Im willing to bet WGA and Activation get canned by Microsoft. They can do it now because they have a monopoly on the desktop.
If you ask an average user how much WGA affects him/her how much do you think it would?
It affects a lot of people, and I challenge anyone to show me it doesnt.
IRenderable wrote:
rjdohnert wrote:
When that monopoly ends, ask yourself what happens then. If you dont think that matteras ask yourself about Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server and Exchange, you dont activate those products. Because Microsoft knows, if it tried these tactics in markets where it doesnt have a stranglehold, they would lose pretty badly/
Intresting. Though it could be because not many people pirate Server 2003 compared to the desktop OS or diffrent management.
As a matter of fact a lot of people do. All you have to do is turn off a few services and you have a desktop OS, the only difference is that a lot of software like Photostory or the OpenOffice iFilters wont install at all. But Im willing to bet its pirated
IRenderable wrote:
rjdohnert wrote:
IRenderable wrote:
Trusting that everyone bought Windows is not a good way to make money. All of my friends except me and one other have pirated Windows.
Ask your friends when they will install OS X when it is hacked and when they will install Linux if it ever becomes a usable desktop.
You missed what I am saying. I am saying LOTS of people pirate Windows. What do you mean by when it is hacked? Apples imposed restrictions on things pisses me off to much to use OS X. My friends Mac Mini won't let him change the resolution of his 17 inch monitor to 1280x1024 and forces it to stay at 1024x768 even though when it's plugged into my PC (In Linux and Windows) it works fine as well as in his PC.
Thats a hardware restriction, not an OS restriction. At least he gets 1024x768, on Windows Starter edition you get 800x600. But the Mac mini's are not meant to be high-end workstations and the Mac mini does allow you to run more than 3 programs
IRenderable wrote:
EDIT: Oh I just looked on Digg, could you be refferring to the OSX86 project? http://forum.osx86project.org/ Guess Apple doesn't want that to happen. Guess they don't like OS X enthousiasts.
Theres a difference. Apple has yet to make you prove you are running Apple hardware. They are enforcing their rights using DMCA against a limited number of users, not their entire customer base. There is a fine line between enthusiast and theif.
IRenderable wrote:
rjdohnert wrote:
Just because I think MS is spying on me, doesnt mean they arent. They are and only irrational zombie boys think that if Microsoft could, they wouldnt.
I think Apple is spying on me, as well as SUN,Google,Linus, and IBM as well.
I guess you are just saying that out of spite, but it would be very easy for anyone to look at the source of Solaris, Linux and OS X to know there are no hidden backdoors.
