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Microsoft beaten again

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I have read about this before. Microsoft really can't win here as hackers are always one step ahead of them. With the unreasonable prices of the Windows OS, they are going to experience increasing piracy until they agree to bring the prices down to a more reasonable level. By reasonable I mean something in the $50-$75 range.
 
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It really isnt even a hack to fix this, it's just a simple option you uncheck. You are right about the price thing though, they are out of their fuckin minds. Now if they charged $100 or something for 1 copy, and you could use it on all your computers, then I would not have a problem with it. But being that you have to own a copy for every computer, they can blow me.
 
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BrutusMaximus said:
It really isnt even a hack to fix this, it's just a simple option you uncheck. You are right about the price thing though, they are out of their fuckin minds. Now if they charged $100 or something for 1 copy, and you could use it on all your computers, then I would not have a problem with it. But being that you have to own a copy for every computer, they can blow me.
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MS could simply make sure the product key is activated and windows is run on the same base IP address since all the computers you have should be run off one net connection. There are plenty of ways they could detect that the same Windows key is being used from the same base IP. I would probably pay $100 for that, definitely $80. When they are charging $299 for a fresh copy of XP Pro and $199 for an upgrade, there is no way in hell I would consider buying it. Don't even get me started on Office '03 Pro for $499 and upgrade for $329 cause that is even more pathetic. You charge more $ for office applications than the base OS of your system? give me a friggin break!
 
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bucknola said:
Anything one man can engineer another can reverse engineer.

I will tell you your comments on pricing make me laugh and cringe. If you think MS is expensive you would hate my pricing.:)
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Do me a favor and don't post them or I might have to ding you bucknola...and I'm not kidding :)
 
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Bucknola - Yeah, please dont. I really cant stand sales in general, cause it's all a crock of shit :)

I do see why people steal windows though. I mean sure, some people just do it because they can, others because you have to mortgage your home if you're someone like me. I usually have 3-4 computers and a laptop. That is $800 in software, just in operating systems.....good lawd.
 
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Pricing is confidential. I am a married man with two daughters. No matter what we charge it is not enough!
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You both have to work for someone that sells a product or service? They get to charge a price that they set to generate a profit. That is what pays your salary and benefits. It is the American way.

In a somewhat related note I just read a Forbes article that said that Seattle was one of the most over priced places in the country to live. I guess $1 million does not go as far as it used to.

From the sites that I have frequented I bet Adobe products are hacked as much if not more, on a per centage basis, than MS.
 
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