Pirated Vista may be useless, Microsoft says

[Alien5]

i guess they dnt want the embarresment of the pirate copys being available before it launches.

[Skiz]

yea, if they would start to think about the price, maybe more would buy it.
same with movies and music and all the things people d/l.

eCh, you're right, but i would also like to add this: if they would lower the prices it would probably mean less piracy, but also on the other hand, if there would be less piracy, they would lower prices... magic circle, that never ends...


and i'd also like to add this (so that it won't be off topic post): Vista protection - just a question of time when it will be "cracked"...

There's already a crack. I haven't tried it yet, but it's out there.

As to the lowering of prices, no shit. Gates has already stated, " I wish I weren't so rich". So drop the fucking prices. Every nickel of money he makes these days goes directly to charity anyways. He isn't accruing anymore money himself.

[lightshow]

Well Bill's salary is Bill's salary. If Microsft sells 1 million more copies, Bill's salary would still be the same.

The money he's putting to charity comes from his salary that he gets from Microsoft.

There is a link to how much he makes to the prices Microsoft sells their products for, but you gotta understand, they sell a lot of different products and have high yield investements.

His money is coming from a lot of different places.

[Skiz]

Well Bill's salary is Bill's salary. If Microsft sells 1 million more copies, Bill's salary would still be the same.

The money he's putting to charity comes from his salary that he gets from Microsoft.

There is a link to how much he makes to the prices Microsoft sells their products for, but you gotta understand, they sell a lot of different products and have high yield investements.

His money is coming from a lot of different places.

I understand it completely. I was an accounting major. I'm just venting mostly.

He still does not add to his currently wealth anymore. Every dollar he earns goes to charity these days. He obviously already has more money than he'll ever spend.

[lightshow]

You know, I was thinking about it. I'd be lost if I had as much money as Billy.

I don't know how he is able to keep his head up when he's just engulfed in money and trying to avoid greed.

The guy can purchase multiple countries. He could own, yes own, multiple countries. But I'm sure he'd be smart enough to just buy power from them.

But regardless, I don't know what I'd do. The guy can become king of these countries, but he doesn't.

I can't possible imagine what his life is like, and what flows through his head when he thinks of the possibilities he has, but chooses not to partake in.

[gustafo]

now i know that this is very true: More Money, More Problems!

[f@flot]

hehe this is funny