Guest Timothy Daniels Posted April 28, 2008 Posted April 28, 2008 Re: Is activation of XP still tracked by Microsoft. "M.I.5¾" wrote: > "Timothy Daniels" wrote: >> "M.I.5¾" wrote: >>> >>> "Timothy Daniels" wrote: >>>> The people who really know the answer to this won't tell, >>>> and those who tell don't really know. Just use your common >>>> sense, taking into account the price of Vista, the price of XP, >>>> the number of people wanting to re-install their old XP after >>>> "experiencingi: Vista, and your own experiience (which does >>>> NOT involve risking death or imprisonment or fines). >>>> >>>> >>> Pricing doesn't necessarily come into it. European laws require >>> the product to be useable for 10 years from end of supply >>> (which hasn't happened yet). Some means of activation must >>> be provided or the supplier gets to buy the product back. >> >> >> Pricing plays a part in making a product attractive to pirates. >> If Vista installation CDs cost $5, there would many fewer people >> who would buy pirated CDs instead of the genuine article. >> >> > Obviously pricing doesn't come into it, because Microsoft sell their products > at a price that encourages piracy. And thus you confirm my point that pricing plays a part in making a product attractive to pirates. Since higher price means that fewer potential buyers are willing to pay the price for the genuine product, they are more willing to take a chance on pirated copies. Thus, pirates make more money when Microsoft raises the prices on its software. *TimDaniels*
Guest milt Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 Re: Is activation of XP still tracked by Microsoft. Timothy Daniels wrote: > > And thus you confirm my point that pricing plays a part in > making a product attractive to pirates. Since higher price means > that fewer potential buyers are willing to pay the price for the > genuine product, they are more willing to take a chance on pirated > copies. Thus, pirates make more money when Microsoft raises > the prices on its software. > > *TimDaniels* > > That's flawed logic.... even with $10 CDs... people still pirate music all the time, it has nothing to do with the picing, its everything to do with "why should I buy it if I can get it for free?". Of course, some people's sense of entitlement is way overinflated. Why do these people feel they should get this stuff for free?
Guest Alias Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 Re: Is activation of XP still tracked by Microsoft. milt wrote: > Timothy Daniels wrote: >> >> And thus you confirm my point that pricing plays a part in >> making a product attractive to pirates. Since higher price means >> that fewer potential buyers are willing to pay the price for the >> genuine product, they are more willing to take a chance on pirated >> copies. Thus, pirates make more money when Microsoft raises >> the prices on its software. >> >> *TimDaniels* >> > > That's flawed logic.... even with $10 CDs... people still pirate music > all the time, it has nothing to do with the picing, its everything to do > with "why should I buy it if I can get it for free?". Of course, some > people's sense of entitlement is way overinflated. Why do these people > feel they should get this stuff for free? Do you always generalize like this? Alias
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