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<blockquote data-quote="D3v1L80Y" data-source="post: 126291" data-attributes="member: 2960"><p>Here is the difference...(albeit very simplified) MS is not out of any money if you go somewhere else. They still have all of the copies of Windows they made, and can still sell them. You are only "depriving" them of a possible sale, not the product itself...they can still sell it to someone else.</p><p>If you steal a copy of Windows, they now have one less copy to sell, hence they lose money. </p><p>If the Linux distro is free, then nobody is really losing any money, because none was asked for in the first place. MS is asking to be paid for Windows, so if they are not paid then they lose money.</p><p></p><p>Even simpler analogy....</p><p></p><p>You have a dozen apples.</p><p>You paid 10 cents each for those apples.</p><p>You are selling those apples for 25 cents each, to make a 15 cent profit on each.</p><p>If you don't sell any of them, then you are out a total of what you paid...$1.20.</p><p>Down the street is an orange tree.</p><p>I take an orange from the tree and pay nothing.</p><p>Nobody is selling them and nobody expects a profit from them.</p><p>This doesn't affect you at all, because while they are both fruit, they are not the same.</p><p>You still have your $1.20 worth of apples.</p><p>I take an apple from your table without paying for it.</p><p>You are not out a total of $1.35, because you now have one less apple to sell and won't get the 15 cent profit you expected and asked for...unless you raise the price on the remaining apples.</p><p></p><p>This is exactly what happens when people continue to pirate software that is sold for profit. Prices increase and increase.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D3v1L80Y, post: 126291, member: 2960"] Here is the difference...(albeit very simplified) MS is not out of any money if you go somewhere else. They still have all of the copies of Windows they made, and can still sell them. You are only "depriving" them of a possible sale, not the product itself...they can still sell it to someone else. If you steal a copy of Windows, they now have one less copy to sell, hence they lose money. If the Linux distro is free, then nobody is really losing any money, because none was asked for in the first place. MS is asking to be paid for Windows, so if they are not paid then they lose money. Even simpler analogy.... You have a dozen apples. You paid 10 cents each for those apples. You are selling those apples for 25 cents each, to make a 15 cent profit on each. If you don't sell any of them, then you are out a total of what you paid...$1.20. Down the street is an orange tree. I take an orange from the tree and pay nothing. Nobody is selling them and nobody expects a profit from them. This doesn't affect you at all, because while they are both fruit, they are not the same. You still have your $1.20 worth of apples. I take an apple from your table without paying for it. You are not out a total of $1.35, because you now have one less apple to sell and won't get the 15 cent profit you expected and asked for...unless you raise the price on the remaining apples. This is exactly what happens when people continue to pirate software that is sold for profit. Prices increase and increase. [/QUOTE]
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