My name is Gopesh Kapoor, and I own a small computer repair and sales business in Manhattan.
My concern is that each month, business in my sector continuallly diminishes. The amount of piracy in NYC has grown to astonishing levels. For example, the following ads were placed on craigslist in a PERIOD OF 20 MINUTES:
Every single day, more and more "software" vendors turn up, and more disturbingly, an even larger number of people turn up to buy from them. For those of us who run legitimate businesses, this is becoming an increasing concern.
According to a recent NY Times article, Microsoft has spent a ton of money setting up an anti-piracy operation with staff members that include former government intelligence officers, former district attorneys, etc.
This anti-piracy operation IS NOT DOING THEIR JOB. If they were, the levels of piracy would be DECREASING, not INCREASING on a daily basis.
The costs of this anti-piracy operation is probably built into the price of legitimate MICROSOFT products.
RECOMMENDATION:
FIRE this group of incompetents (they are taking your money and not doing the work you're paying them to do), and LOWER the price of your products.
Or, please feel free and continue to ignore my suggestions. In order to stay afloat, I'll start to consider turning to piracy MYSELF.
If you continue to employ the idiots in your anti-piracy division, chances are that I'd be able to make tons of money through piracy of your products and never get caught.
My name is Gopesh Kapoor, and I own a small computer repair and sales business in Manhattan.
My concern is that each month, business in my sector continuallly diminishes. The amount of piracy in NYC has grown to astonishing levels. For example, the following ads were placed on craigslist in a PERIOD OF 20 MINUTES:
Every single day, more and more "software" vendors turn up, and more disturbingly, an even larger number of people turn up to buy from them. For those of us who run legitimate businesses, this is becoming an increasing concern.
According to a recent NY Times article, Microsoft has spent a ton of money setting up an anti-piracy operation with staff members that include former government intelligence officers, former district attorneys, etc.
This anti-piracy operation IS NOT DOING THEIR JOB. If they were, the levels of piracy would be DECREASING, not INCREASING on a daily basis.
The costs of this anti-piracy operation is probably built into the price of legitimate MICROSOFT products.
RECOMMENDATION:
FIRE this group of incompetents (they are taking your money and not doing the work you're paying them to do), and LOWER the price of your products.
Or, please feel free and continue to ignore my suggestions. In order to stay afloat, I'll start to consider turning to piracy MYSELF.
If you continue to employ the idiots in your anti-piracy division, chances are that I'd be able to make tons of money through piracy of your products and never get caught.
Dear Microsoft
My name is Gopesh Kapoor, and I own a small computer repair and sales business in Manhattan.
My concern is that each month, business in my sector continuallly diminishes. The amount of piracy in NYC has grown to astonishing levels. For example, the following ads were placed on craigslist in a PERIOD OF 20 MINUTES:
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/sys/2231759358.html
http://newyork.craigslist.org/que /sys/2231754078.html
http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/sys/2231756448.html
http://newyork.craigsli st.org/que/sys/2231752132.html
http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/sys/2231747774.html
http://newyor k.craigslist.org/mnh/sys/2231702152.html
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/sys/2231642511.html
htt p://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/sys/2231606691.html
http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/sys/2231532652 .html
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/sys/2231531684.html
Every single day, more and more "software" vendors turn up, and more disturbingly, an even larger number of people turn up to buy from them. For those of us who run legitimate businesses, this is becoming an increasing concern.
According to a recent NY Times article, Microsoft has spent a ton of money setting up an anti-piracy operation with staff members that include former government intelligence officers, former district attorneys, etc.
This anti-piracy operation IS NOT DOING THEIR JOB. If they were, the levels of piracy would be DECREASING, not INCREASING on a daily basis.
The costs of this anti-piracy operation is probably built into the price of legitimate MICROSOFT products.
RECOMMENDATION:
FIRE this group of incompetents (they are taking your money and not doing the work you're paying them to do), and LOWER the price of your products.
Or, please feel free and continue to ignore my suggestions. In order to stay afloat, I'll start to consider turning to piracy MYSELF.
If you continue to employ the idiots in your anti-piracy division, chances are that I'd be able to make tons of money through piracy of your products and never get caught.
Sincerely,
Gopesh Kapoor, CCNA, CISSP
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Dear Microsoft
My name is Gopesh Kapoor, and I own a small computer repair and sales business in Manhattan.
My concern is that each month, business in my sector continuallly diminishes. The amount of piracy in NYC has grown to astonishing levels. For example, the following ads were placed on craigslist in a PERIOD OF 20 MINUTES:
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/sys/2231759358.html
http://newyork.craigslist.org/que /sys/2231754078.html
http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/sys/2231756448.html
http://newyork.craigsli st.org/que/sys/2231752132.html
http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/sys/2231747774.html
http://newyor k.craigslist.org/mnh/sys/2231702152.html
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/sys/2231642511.html
htt p://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/sys/2231606691.html
http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/sys/2231532652 .html
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/sys/2231531684.html
Every single day, more and more "software" vendors turn up, and more disturbingly, an even larger number of people turn up to buy from them. For those of us who run legitimate businesses, this is becoming an increasing concern.
According to a recent NY Times article, Microsoft has spent a ton of money setting up an anti-piracy operation with staff members that include former government intelligence officers, former district attorneys, etc.
This anti-piracy operation IS NOT DOING THEIR JOB. If they were, the levels of piracy would be DECREASING, not INCREASING on a daily basis.
The costs of this anti-piracy operation is probably built into the price of legitimate MICROSOFT products.
RECOMMENDATION:
FIRE this group of incompetents (they are taking your money and not doing the work you're paying them to do), and LOWER the price of your products.
Or, please feel free and continue to ignore my suggestions. In order to stay afloat, I'll start to consider turning to piracy MYSELF.
If you continue to employ the idiots in your anti-piracy division, chances are that I'd be able to make tons of money through piracy of your products and never get caught.
Sincerely,
Gopesh Kapoor, CCNA, CISSP
Dear Microsoft
My name is Gopesh Kapoor, and I own a small computer repair and sales business in Manhattan.
My concern is that each month, business in my sector continuallly diminishes. The amount of piracy in NYC has grown to
astonishing levels. For example, the following ads were placed on craigslist in a PERIOD OF 20 MINUTES:
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/sys/2231759358.html
http://newyork.craigslist.org/que /sys/2231754078.html
http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/sys/2231756448.html
http://newyork.craigsli st.org/que/sys/2231752132.html
http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/sys/2231747774.html
http://newyor k.craigslist.org/mnh/sys/2231702152.html
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/sys/2231642511.html
htt p://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/sys/2231606691.html
http://newyork.craigslist.org/que/sys/2231532652 .html
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/sys/2231531684.html
Every single day, more and more "software" vendors turn up, and more disturbingly, an even larger number of people turn up to
buy from them. For those of us who run legitimate businesses, this is becoming an increasing concern.
According to a recent NY Times article, Microsoft has spent a ton of money setting up an anti-piracy operation with staff
members that include former government intelligence officers, former district attorneys, etc.
This anti-piracy operation IS NOT DOING THEIR JOB. If they were, the levels of piracy would be DECREASING, not INCREASING on
a daily basis.
The costs of this anti-piracy operation is probably built into the price of legitimate MICROSOFT products. RECOMMENDATION:
FIRE this group of incompetents (they are taking your money and not doing the work you're paying them to do), and LOWER the
price of your products.
Or, please feel free and continue to ignore my suggestions. In order to stay afloat, I'll start to consider turning to
piracy MYSELF.
If you continue to employ the idiots in your anti-piracy division, chances are that I'd be able to make tons of money through
piracy of your products and never get caught.
Sincerely,
Gopesh Kapoor, CCNA, CISSP
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