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Bill Gates is on record on a BBC interview in saying he'd much rather you used a pirated copy of his software than use one of his opponents products.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Oct 10th, 2008 at 08:35:25 AM EST
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Its called mindshare. Once people are used to your software they won't want the hassle of changing and there is always a possibility that they will have to upgrade to a legit copy at some stage.

Vote McCain for war without gain

by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Fri Oct 10th, 2008 at 09:01:02 AM EST
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More importantly, the goal is making it much easier for companies (who might realistically get sued) to use Office, for which the workforce is already trained, rather than one of the free competitors.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Fri Oct 10th, 2008 at 09:12:35 AM EST
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Software for personal use is increasingly free and expected to be so - its only when deployed by corporates that charging and suing becomes realistic

Vote McCain for war without gain

by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot dotty communists) on Fri Oct 10th, 2008 at 09:27:34 AM EST
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