Comments on: If You’re Going To Steal Software, Steal From Us: Microsoft Exec http://jeremy.linuxquestions.org/2007/03/15/if-youre-going-to-steal-software-steal-from-us-microsoft-exec/ Open Source > Linux > LQ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:35:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: justcallmejim http://jeremy.linuxquestions.org/2007/03/15/if-youre-going-to-steal-software-steal-from-us-microsoft-exec/#comment-329 justcallmejim Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:08:43 +0000 http://jeremy.linuxquestions.org/2007/03/15/if-youre-going-to-steal-software-steal-from-us-microsoft-exec/#comment-329 “What you hope to do over time is convert them to licensing the software.” But even if Microsoft doesn't convert them to licensed customers, Microsoft still benefits from the piracy. If I go out and steal a copy of MS Office, chances are I won't be using another office suite such as OpenOffice. The result is that OpenOffice has a smaller user base, which to a large extent discredits OpenOffice which is definitely something Microsoft would be interested in doing. “What you hope to do over time is convert them to licensing the software.”

But even if Microsoft doesn’t convert them to licensed customers, Microsoft still benefits from the piracy. If I go out and steal a copy of MS Office, chances are I won’t be using another office suite such as OpenOffice. The result is that OpenOffice has a smaller user base, which to a large extent discredits OpenOffice which is definitely something Microsoft would be interested in doing.

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