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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
From: Heikki Orsila <u...@host.invalid>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 11:37:55 +0000 (UTC)
Local: Mon, Feb 18 2002 6:37 am
Subject: Re: using m$ products is supporting them:(
Petr Voralek <na...@comp.cz> wrote: I'm lawful in this sense. I use very little proprietary software. I don't make > Heikki Orsila wrote the following >> You support m$ when you use their products. Buying them is of course >> even more support. So buying games for win is supporting them. Playing > Because I'm not *thief*, i pay for software, which I use. Because I play > (for example) Ultima Online, I must use Windows (UO is AFAIK not ported to > any console, or other platform). If you don't like microsoft, then simply > don't use their software and hardware. Don't use it, *don't STEAL it*. unuathorized copies of programs and I don't use them. 99% of the software on my computer is F/OSS (Free/Open Source Sofware). My behaviour is actually more harmful to proprietary software developers than those who buy something and copy something (unauthorizedly), because I have been moving away from using any software which should be bought. I'm less likely a customer for them in the future (of course I can not predict future;). A small side point. Unauthorized copying is not stealing and it should not be -- You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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