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   flatfish+++ stated in post 104y8iuv0eruv$.nvhshk2kxe3n.dlg@40tude.net on   
   12/7/10 9:22 PM:   
      
   > On Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:10:28 -0700, Snit wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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?   
   >   
   > Mind control!   
   > It's a conspiracy I tell you!   
      
   Ah, yes, they made me forget about that.   
      
      
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