From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

"Geo."  wrote in message
news:45c1ce7f$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Yep...while the real pirates will continue to get away with murder
>> while the honest one get stuck with more expense which likely covers
>> the pirate's dishonesty.
>
> The problem is MS and all software vendors are being told that 25-50% of
> their software that is in use is pirated. So they thing we are a bunch of
> crooks. What they aren't being told is that 100% of their income is coming
> from honest users.
>
> Microsoft is the one that really blows me away though, I don't understand
> how they can believe they need copy protection when pretty much ever
> computer on the planet comes with windows. I mean mankind has bought so
> many copies of windows we should just get a site license for earth at this
> point..

Oh but you're not thinking far enough - there will be Windows
(hastala)Vista - Martian Edition, Uranian Edition and Moon Edition Super
Pro Extra Plus coming to the asteroid near you just next millenium!


Antti Kurenniemi
(you'll get a 2 % discount if you purchase more than 6 billion licenses at one time)

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