Now I’m all for anything to eliminate and reduce piracy. I just love getting in discussions with people when they think taking something of ANY value, actual or implied, isn’t theft.
Forever Geek is miffed at the following quote from Steve Ballmer recently:
“With less piracy, with more proper use, it certainly creates an opportunity for us and for other software companies to take a look at also reducing the cost, not just improving the benefits and the value of the software,”
And I’m miffed at the following implication from Forever Geek…
Even if there was less piracy, prices wouldn’t be lower, the prices would continue to be whatever people find affordable. If people find 800$ affordable for Windows Vista, that is what they will pay for it.
And there’s another thing that’s not being said. If software was more affordable to begin with there would already be less piracy.
BINGO! You got it. The market will support whatever the mass population is willing to pay for something. If people don’t like paying for Microsoft products, then STOP BUYING THEM! Think oil companies are charging too much? Go start your own or just stop driving your gas sucking SUV. And just because something is “affordable” doesn’t mean there will be any less theft. I think $.99 for a song on iTunes is pretty affordable, yet people continue to burn and distribute copies of their CD’s from and for their friends.
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