Two-thirds of software used in computers globally could be pirated in five years' time compared with about one-third currently as Internet usage widens, a study showed on Wednesday.
Global spending on software is seen rising to $300 billion over the next five years, with the value of pirated software increasing to around $200 billion.
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May this be because the price of most software exceeds the anual income of most people in the populous developing world ? 
I don't think so.
In five years time, most people will be running open-source software on open-source desktops.
You can't pirate free open-source software, it's the support you will have to pay for.
In five years time, most people will be running open-source software on open-source desktops.
You can't pirate free open-source software, it's the support you will have to pay for.
yeah, right. thats what they said 5 years from now.
the linux community is too divided, and too busy making 35 different flavors of the same thing. they will not get their act together in 5 years, but maybe 10.
setting up a printer in linux is still a pain in the ass.
windows has increased in quality from being worthless to being mostly stable.
the linux community is too divided, and too busy making 35 different flavors of the same thing. they will not get their act together in 5 years, but maybe 10.
setting up a printer in linux is still a pain in the ass.
windows has increased in quality from being worthless to being mostly stable.
QUOTE (Guest+May 19 2005, 05:37 AM)
setting up a printer in linux is still a pain in the ass.
What printer under what distribution? I use Mandrake Linux and it's a snap to set up my HP printer.
In 10 years, most software will be supported by transaction fees. Copyright laws will keep the "have" world partly honest.
But I speculate that currently half of all software is pirated or underlicensed, not a third.
But I speculate that currently half of all software is pirated or underlicensed, not a third.
Maybe they should only count software that people are using illegally AND that those people would have paid for if they were forced to. If they wouldn't buy the software in the first place, then it's hardly fair to call pirating 'loss of revenue'.
Would a jewel thief or art thief have purchased the diamonds and the Munch paintings if they weren't able to steal it? No. Same goes for people using 'pirated' software.
Would a jewel thief or art thief have purchased the diamonds and the Munch paintings if they weren't able to steal it? No. Same goes for people using 'pirated' software.
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