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Re: Answer Truthfully Now...
« on: September 15, 2010, 09:35:33 PM »
Quote from: Oldsmobile_Mike;579592
Yes.  I don't want to say "it's software vendors fault", but seriously.  I will buy OS licenses almost every time, because I don't want to deal with the hassle of having to use a workaround, or leaving someone's OS unpatched, but:

New computer from Dell factory outlet: $600, +$150 for monitor (includes Win7 Pro license)

compared to

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro: $389
Office 2010 Pro: $411

(prices from newegg.com)

I'll switch our users over to OpenOffice, before ever paying that sort of ridiculous amount for basic productivity software.  :-/


If you are a student(even temporarily) or teacher you can get licenses at Academic Superstore for a lot less. http://www.academicsuperstore.com
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Re: Answer Truthfully Now...
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2010, 09:39:17 PM »
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Yep, GPL is still a copyright.  I use free, but copyrighted, software all the time.

As for commercial software...  Very rarely would I pirate, anymore.  I suppose there are probably one or two things on my home system, but I try to use properly licensed commercial software when I have to.  (Usually only when a decent GPL version doesn't exist.)


I buy all my modern software but most of the old games and stuff from platforms I emulate isn't really readily available new anymore. Have you noticed that sometimes used software isn't legal to sell to another user.

The only time I've stretched the rules in modern times is when I buy a piece of software that I only use one place at a time but want it on two machines and that's rare.
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Re: Answer Truthfully Now...
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2010, 07:05:35 PM »
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Well, that is a different situation, really.  I mean, just emulating the platform probably isn't exactly legal in the US.  Let alone negotiating licenses for stuff that has no clear owner, anymore.

I was going more by the spirit of "Current software versions on a current primary work system."  

If you were to go through my entire collection of software and data dating back almost 30 years during which time I was various levels of student and/or starving, it would be a very different story.  :lol:

Ah, well - that's different at one point when I was a starving student and college student I couldn't afford to buy all the games I wanted to play. However, now I buy all my software.

I'm sure almost everyone will rarely try a pirate version to make sure the product will do what they want if there is no demo. Everyone? I mean do you spend $600 to find out the product doesn't do what you want?

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Yeah, that is a sticky one, isn't it?  The one or two copies over license for convenience of having it in two places not to be concurrently used.  BSA would call it a problem.  Me, probably not so much.

It is sticky. As I said it's rare though but if I really don't use them both at once, I really don't worry about buying two copies. If it's really a big problem then it must be illegal for anyone to use GotoMyPC or Teamviewer, etc and remote control their computers. I mean you are accessing only one copy of the software but in another location. ;^)
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Re: Answer Truthfully Now...
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2010, 07:07:47 PM »
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I tend to wait outside the stores mugging people as they leave with their newly bought software, this way the vendors still get paid.


LOL! I about fell outta my chair with that one. They might even get paid twice. ;^)
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