Yup, it's not an excemption to use pirated software. But getting it to run on linux will buy cafe owners the time required to amass the funds needed to go legal. imagine msoffice2003 costing 10000, photoshop 20t + and so does corel. not a feasible solution for any cafe owners because at a rental fee of P20 - P30 / hr. would make roi reach 2 yrs. or more. And increasing the rental rates wouldn't exactly help bridge the digital divide that cict is fostering.
Talim Kalayaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Talim Kalayaan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This is what I'm trying to explain to Game Shop owners, they need to
license their game titles. And to the cafe owners, they are also
obliged to license their MS Office, Photoshop, Corel and other
software. Using Linux as your OS/platform is not immunity from raids.
On 9/20/05, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> the bottom-line is, the "gaming shop" business model falls apart when you
> apply strict software pricing to it.
>
> it's like the marijuana-growing business model. it makes money, but falls
> apart when the police arrive to throw you in jail.
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Talim Kalayaan, THC 4:20
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