Is activation of XP still tracked by Microsoft.

[Guest Timothy Daniels]

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]

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]

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