A question on piracy

[bhanja_Trinanjan]

A quick question... Is your copy of Windows licensed? I expect honest answers...

[Pathik]

No. So?

[bhanja_Trinanjan]

Originally Posted by Pathik

No. So?

Just asking out of curiosity. With Microsoft enforcing better and stronger counter-mechanisms against piracy with Windows Vista, a natural question arises... How many of you still use pirated stuff.... pirated Vista in particular..

Also write a few lines as to why you choose not to go "legit".


Would like to add... After using "warez" for several years, I went "legit" last year.

My copy of Vista is licensed, so is my copy of Office 2007 SBM.

[FilledVoid]

I have a legit office and MS Windows XP but I use Ubuntu . Had Vista but it never worked for me so I gave it back to my Uncle.

Also write a few lines as to why you choose not to go "legit".

Because most people can't afford it or don't see the value in the purchase.

[ring_wraith]

To most people I know, the cost of any given software should be no more than the cost of the packaging+physical contents.

If asked to purchase Vista, such people would say, "You want me to pay 11,000 for a box and a DVD?". They refuse to consider the money spent in developing what's on that DVD.

[Pathik]

Originally Posted by bhanja_Trinanjan

Also write a few lines as to why you choose not to go "legit".

Financial Complexities.

[gigyaster]

I use legal one, actually I had a pirated one before but once my uncle got a cd n it had two valid license (i don't k know much about all this) so I used one.
And yes my office 2003 is also legal.

[bhanja_Trinanjan]

more responses please

[xbonez]

mine's not legit

(a) cost factor
(b) easier to download off the net than go to a store and buy it

[ancientrites]

window xp sp3 final buid 5512 pirate rulz

[praka123]

I use GNU/Linux

[NucleusKore]

^ So do I :-P

[Pathik]

^ I am trying to shift completely to it.

[GeekyBoy]

Of course not. Nothing in my system is legit(Except britannica enclyclopaedia)-all warez and pirated stuff.

Main reason: Extremely high cost

[techtronic]

If ntfs-3g and FUSE are fool proof and are able to read and write my existing 1 TB USB External Drive, I will completely shift to Ubuntu Hardy Heron.

[MetalheadGautham]

Originally Posted by praka123

I use GNU/Linux

Originally Posted by NucleusKore

^ So do I :-P

mujhe bhool gaye kya ?

[dheeraj_kumar]

Illegal. I cant afford software and games with license. What difference does it make - licensed or not? its the same functionality... and every activation and protection measures the company takes has a bypass.

[aminsagar123]

windows is legal. everything else is pirated.

but i mostly prefer free and open source software.

[hansraj]

I have licenced vista still i use XP...... Pirated. Friends the reality is piracy is bad only for the designer/programmer/company coz it results monetary losses to them, thats all. Have u heard of "My apartment is pirated" or "my child is pirated"! We the Humans should not try to enforce something which is not possible and copying and sharing the softwares is one such thing. If someone really want to stop it then make the prices reasonable and not $ equivalent in INR.

[kalpik]

Originally Posted by techtronic

If ntfs-3g and FUSE are fool proof

They are 100% stable.

Originally Posted by techtronic

and are able to read and write my existing 1 TB USB External Drive, I will completely shift to Ubuntu Hardy Heron.

I don't see why they shouldn't read/write your drive.

[alok4best]

I have a Pirated Windows XP which I managed to activate and Register with MS Online without applying any Crack. ..Only Freewares are what I have legal, all others illegal.

[karmanya]

There was something i had done, that involved a tiny bit of registery tinkering that actually fooled MS's site into believing that my version was legit, unfortunately it doesnt work anymore.

[praka123]

why not move to Linux?it got most applications and now most h/w support also.
with more ppl moving away from proprietary OS like windows and mac os x,we can have Linux -a community oriented OS.,that got more support from hardware vendors and freedom from monopolist,saves from piracy too

You are welcome

[karmanya]

Can, and tried to, but my dad came home from bangalore and blew a huge fuse.

[anshul]

I have a very few Original software,though I am sorry for it but I can't help it for the cost to buy original is very high and I am just a student.

But I am sure that as the resources permit,I shall start shifting to original.

[SunnyChahal]

Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2-Genuine
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate-Genuine
Canonical Ubuntu 8.04-Isn't that free?

[adi007]

There is no software in my computer which is legal...except the full paid softwares ocassionally given by Digit,PC world

Now it's not the Question why i use pirated stuff the Question is the great software companies which produce such a good number of softwares fails to provide sufficient protection to it..
I mean it's ridiculous...Just a couple of Google search and there u go..U will get the software

Even if i had the money i will never buy any software coz it's stupidity to spend $$ for the software which are couple of google search away

Regarding why more number of people don't use Linux is because of human nature
We always tend or like to obtain the things which costs for free or for a lesser price

I bet if linux was a paid OS then it would have been more popular and more number of people would use it illegally ...

Well thats what i think...

[axxo]

all digital data on my system are 3.14rated

[NucleusKore]

Originally Posted by techtronic

If ntfs-3g and FUSE are fool proof and are able to read and write my existing 1 TB USB External Drive, I will completely shift to Ubuntu Hardy Heron.

AAAAAAAAh it's not so foolproof. I've has issues when I try to delete folders with a large number of files (400-500 files). One or two get stuck and refuse to go. I work around this by booting into windows-> Open Windows Power Shell-> chkdsk X: /F
where X is the drive letter of the concerned drive, and I have got errors (maybe once in 6 months) in the form of what looks like redundant entries of some sort in the file indices, referring to the files in question, which it deletes. After this, reboot to linux and delete the files normally.

[bhanja_Trinanjan]

Hi,
Thanks for your enthusiasm and your responses.

A few years ago, I too used warez.

After sweating it out for two and a half years in the software industry, I have learnt to value the enormous effort that goes into creating intellectual property.

Yes, I proudly say that 90% of what's installed on my PC is legit To copy and crack stuff is simply equal to 'insult' people who created it in the first place with all their blood and sweat.

And piracy is also an enormous waste of time.

Piracy and counter-piracy mechanisms are always involved in a perennial race.

Crackers produce a crack/hack and Microsoft responds with a newer and better protection mechanism against it.

So, if you hack through Windows Update on day 1, you will be forced to hunt out another hack on day 2.

Otherwise, you would lose out on all the performance updates and bug and security fixes that are on offer from Microsoft

And any software without service packs/updates/performance fixes is just about half its true worth..

Software is over-priced... says who?

For a OEM copy of Vista, one pays around 4000-5000 bucks.. and an OS is not something that one is going to buy every year... So if you spread out the expense of owning an OS over its shelf-life of 3-5 years (XP has been around for a very long time), you have a cost of ownership that is justifiable and reasonable.

If you folks can spend several thousands on CPUs, graphics cards and motherboards, why do you think twice before getting a license that costs 5000 bucks?

Get your copy of windows licensed.. and just relax .. You have all the updates from Microsoft automatically installed on your system. No mad hunt for keygens/ serials/ hacks...

Complete peace of mind... & a system that's truly stable, reliable and available.

That's the way I look at things.

Up to you folks to decide whether I am talking sense.