Re: [PLUG] Fwd: CG: Windows XP warning

[Bill Jonas <bill@billjonas.com>]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 10:21:18AM -0500, Kuzman Ganchev wrote:
> I think that Microsoft's soft de-facto position (I'm not talking about
> words here) on software piracy was a part of that. I think that if MS
> had cracked down on piracy back in the day, the PC might not have done
> so well. 

If people are illegally copying your software, you've got market share!
;-)

Anyhow, you reminded me of the infamous Open Letter to Hobbyists
<http://www.blinkenlights.com/classiccmp/gateswhine.html>.  Interesting
to see that with over 25 years of history in the mean time.

Yes, I do understand that you made a differentiation between their
offical policy and their actual practice.

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