On Sep 18, 2006, at 2:09 AM, Dirk Cleenwerck wrote:
PS : This is from the point of view of a software development
company, the point of view of homeusers might be different, since
they don't make money from using the tools most of the time.
Speaking for myself, even when it is for homeuse, I pay for the
software I want to use. Of course this means that instead of using
for instance Dreamweaver, I have to do with the cheaper
alternatives (in the case of Dreamweaver I use Namo Webeditor 2006
(I bought version 6 (if i remember correctly), which I then
upgraded to 2005 and then upgraded again to Webeditor 2006). Of
course this does not have all the functionality of Dreamweaver, but
I would assume that most homeusers don't need the power/complexity
of those professional programs anyways. In general I think
homeusers are better of with easy to use value for money tools than
with their professional oriented towards businesses counterparts.
I think that people who work in industries that is affected by piracy
(music, software, etc...) are more likely to go out of their way to
avoid piracy.
My boss at work had downloaded a number of MP3 songs (this was before
RIAA started suing) but as soon as the iTunes store came out he
trashed his old music library and replaced everything from the iTunes
store. Plus I think he had Apple stock. =)
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