"Rafael 'Dido' Sevilla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The reason why the black market for contraband software, movies, music, > and so forth exists at all is because the prices for legitimately > licensed versions of these works is much greater than what the market > will bear, in this country anyway. Few people can afford PhP 25,000 for > a legitimate Microsoft Office, and getting legitimate licenses for every > installed MS Office installation would most likely bankrupt many small > to medium-scale businesses, to say nothing of individuals. Also, > copyright enforcement is not incredibly strict here. If copyright > enforcement became a lot more stringent than it is today, I imagine > people would migrate to OpenOffice in droves.
I just saw in the news today of the government's `show' of stopping piracy. Hell, they even ran a bulldozer over those CDs and pulverized it. Haven't they though of the environmental damage being doing by such an act? It would have been more economic if they just figured out other ways to reuse those media, like teacup saucers, frisbees, or tube reinforcements. But no, they had to crush it down like a Polish infantry, and in the process, create so much granules and chunks of plastic that can fly away in the air and cause pollution and blocking of airways. Oh well, they *do* need exposure anyway... So it seems that the plausible solution is that legits trim down their prices to a level that is acceptable to the consuming public. But their problem is, is that price acceptable to their own bosses? Or to their vices? I hope copyright enforcement becomes more stringent in the near future. But for OpenOffice to really shine, it has to be well-known to the broader spectrum of users first. -- ZAK B. ELEP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- <http://zakame.spunge.org> 1024D/FA53851D 1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D -- Running Debian GNU+Linux testing/unstable. GnuPG signed mail preferred.
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