Comments on: Piracy of the Software Kind http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/piracy-of-the-software-kind/ Sports News - Tech Reviews - Entertainment - Life Tips for EveryJoe Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:48:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jason Bean http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/piracy-of-the-software-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-70996 Jason Bean Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:14:51 +0000 http://www.everyjoe.com/?p=64166#comment-70996 Quikboy you're correct, my mention of $900 wasn't based on any fact. It was just a high number I through out there as an example for illustration. I wasn't sure what the current retail price for Microsoft Office is because I haven't paid retail for a copy of Microsoft Office in probably a decade. The point of my statement wasn't an encouragement to pirate software because of the price, it was an argument that regardless of the price, pirating the software is theft. I'm not sure about the EULA on your extra licenses, but I doubt it allows you to give them out to anyone to use. I believe they are all supposed to be used on machines under the original purchaser's ownership rights. Please let me know if the EULA states differently. Quikboy you’re correct, my mention of $900 wasn’t based on any fact. It was just a high number I through out there as an example for illustration. I wasn’t sure what the current retail price for Microsoft Office is because I haven’t paid retail for a copy of Microsoft Office in probably a decade. The point of my statement wasn’t an encouragement to pirate software because of the price, it was an argument that regardless of the price, pirating the software is theft. I’m not sure about the EULA on your extra licenses, but I doubt it allows you to give them out to anyone to use. I believe they are all supposed to be used on machines under the original purchaser’s ownership rights. Please let me know if the EULA states differently.

]]> By: Quikboy http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/piracy-of-the-software-kind/comment-page-1/#comment-70714 Quikboy Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:28:39 +0000 http://www.everyjoe.com/?p=64166#comment-70714 Where'd you get idea that MS Office is $900? If you did a little research, you'd know that on Microsoft's site, the most highest cost version is $679.95. http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Office-Ultimate-2007-Full/product/16E681F4 Also, there are usually college student discounts at their campus store, if you're a college student, you can even get Office 2007 Ultimate for just $60: http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-us/default.aspx MS has also promoted Dreamspark, which is available for both college AND high school students: https://www.dreamspark.com/ With people saying that MS Office cost $900, it's not a wonder why people feel the need to pirate, when they just aren't aware that it's not as much as it seems, and there are LEGAL and CHEAP ways of obtaining it. I don't pirate, because I think it's wrong, but if I buy a copy, and am entitled to extra licenses, I don't mind letting my friend use one of those licenses. Where’d you get idea that MS Office is $900?

If you did a little research, you’d know that on Microsoft’s site, the most highest cost version is $679.95.
http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Office-Ultimate-2007-Full/product/16E681F4

Also, there are usually college student discounts at their campus store, if you’re a college student, you can even get Office 2007 Ultimate for just $60:
http://www.microsoft.com/student/discounts/theultimatesteal-us/default.aspx

MS has also promoted Dreamspark, which is available for both college AND high school students: https://www.dreamspark.com/

With people saying that MS Office cost $900, it’s not a wonder why people feel the need to pirate, when they just aren’t aware that it’s not as much as it seems, and there are LEGAL and CHEAP ways of obtaining it.

I don’t pirate, because I think it’s wrong, but if I buy a copy, and am entitled to extra licenses, I don’t mind letting my friend use one of those licenses.

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