Bubo Sibiricus’s Comments

• Dec 3rd, 2009 @ 2:42pm

  Don't Pirate Software.

  on Microsoft Exec: Piracy No Longer A Threat To Us, Because Pirates Will Get Destroyed By Malware
  he said that using unauthorized copies of the OS were really unsafe, so doing things like online banking or other sensitive stuff on such software could put users in serious danger.

  He's right.

  But the real reason not to pirate software is that it distorts the market by locking out alternatives in favor of the incumbents. We all know what Bill Gates said about piracy 10 years ago - "as long as they're going to steal it we want them to steal ours."

  Make no mistake. Microsoft can make WGA bulletproof. They won't, though, and that's the reason why. The last thing they want you doing is using Linux

  The day that Microsoft turns the WGA knob to 11, I will throw a Linux party.

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  BMO