[Vipralion]

Originally Posted by ChrisTheFeral

If they really cared about people pirating they could always make it so that they can't pirate it, it's not that hard.
Just make the serial number available for one email address.

The reason they leave it open is because they want more people to use the product, more market share.

It's really not that easy to stop pirates as djeuro said. Otherwise you wouldn't find cracked versions of it. There also wouldn't be so many ways to obtain illegal copies of Windows as well.

In China especially, software piracy is a huge problem and there's not much companies such as Microsoft and Adobe can do other than wait for the Chinese gov't to take action.

I'm all for fully legal and licensed software because I understand that for software developers, this is their career, this is their loss. Unfortunately, too many people only think about the cheap and easy route that benefits them the best, be it illegal or not.

[djeuro]

Originally Posted by ChrisTheFeral

I think they could find a way that would be a hell of a lot harder to make a patch for - really, if they cared they would do what I suggested with the serials

Plus, they have actually patched those patches I guess you could say

but I think they DO care. Because why would they want people to have their 600 dollar software for free? Even if they made a good patch. Someone would somehow find a way around it like every program.

[ChrisTheFeral]

Originally Posted by Vipralion

It's really not that easy to stop pirates as djeuro said. Otherwise you wouldn't find cracked versions of it. There also wouldn't be so many ways to obtain illegal copies of Windows as well.

In China especially, software piracy is a huge problem and there's not much companies such as Microsoft and Adobe can do other than wait for the Chinese gov't to take action.

I'm all for fully legal and licensed software because I understand that for software developers, this is their career, this is their loss. Unfortunately, too many people only think about the cheap and easy route that benefits them the best, be it illegal or not.

Same here. I do understand that there are patches and all that and they can't 100% full stop piracy BUT they could certainly lower it a heck of a lot with my suggestions.

I heard Sony Acid 6 (?) is pretty much unable to pirate, so good on Sony for that

[ChrisTheFeral]

Originally Posted by djeuro

but I think they DO care. Because why would they want people to have their 600 dollar software for free? Even if they made a good patch. Someone would somehow find a way around it like every program.

market share

[djeuro]

Originally Posted by ChrisTheFeral

market share

thats costly market share for them

[ChrisTheFeral]

Originally Posted by djeuro

thats costly market share for them

true, but yet they still earn a HECK of a lot of money.

Is it true that Windows Vista is unable to be pirated because of the way they made it? I dunno - I was just told that :S, it doesn't sound right to me

[djeuro]

Originally Posted by ChrisTheFeral

true, but yet they still earn a HECK of a lot of money.

Is it true that Windows Vista is unable to be pirated because of the way they made it? I dunno - I was just told that :S, it doesn't sound right to me

im not positive about that, but as i read, a lot of people download pirated versions of ultimate from torrent sites.

[ChrisTheFeral]

Originally Posted by djeuro

im not positive about that, but as i read, a lot of people download pirated versions of ultimate from torrent sites.

Yah.. true - but I mean just a plain copy on DVD

[djeuro]

Originally Posted by ChrisTheFeral

Yah.. true - but I mean just a plain copy on DVD

o, i doubt it, cas its lik too big to fit on a dvd

[ChrisTheFeral]

Originally Posted by djeuro

o, i doubt it, cas its lik too big to fit on a dvd

And yet ubuntu fits on to a 700mb cd.. wow, sounds like Vista is bloated LOL! "More fries.."

Wait, how many DVDs does it take to install Vista Ultimate?