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   Magno stated in post 34c3t7-4c1.ln1@news.newsgroup.cl on 12/7/10 8:54 PM:   
      
   > On 12/08/2010 12:43 AM, ZnU wrote:   
   >> In article,   
   >>   Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> In message, ZnU wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> But it's easy to answer the question of who wins from more widespread   
   >>>> adoption of Windows.   
   >>>   
   >>> Not so easy. First of all, you must ask: _legitimate_ adoption of Windows,   
   >>> or _illegitimate_ adoption? With as many as 50% of the world’s   
   copies of   
   >>> Windows pirated, that means the market for proprietary software may not be   
   >>> as big as people assume.   
   >>   
   >> Even pirated copies of software can help strengthen the value networks   
   >> that surround it. Indeed, many have noted that Microsoft largely seems   
   >> to turn a blind eye to developing world piracy, probably for just this   
   >> reason. They'd rather have people using illegal Windows than legal Linux.   
   >   
   > What happens is that Microsoft works with the ignorance of people. They   
   > make users think that Windows is the only thing that exists to make a   
   > computer work.   
      
   How do they make users think this?   
      
   > I doubt that even half of the so mentioned imaginary 90% of Windows   
   > users say when installing.- “Windows or a Linux Distribution? Windows!!   
   > Because it works better, much better.”. Nop, that doesn’t happen.   
      
      
      
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