Pocket Informant is one of the most successful PDA applications ever. However, it has not been immune to software piracy. The CEO of WebIS posted an open letter explaining how software piracy is hurting the industry, but also the consumer too and especially small software houses like his.
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Member since:2006-06-09
The vast majority of the world population DOES live *within* their means. Only a few ones live above it, stealing/wasting world ressource as if there is no tomorrow to do it.
People get hooked to this way of life that is, in reality, above everybody means except the richests. But they don't want to live *within* their means anymore. They rather lives at next generation expense. Pirating their future.
It's no surprise they pirates software too. Cheapest and (sadly, as anti-pirating annoys only geniune customers) often the easiest way to get any software these days.
Member since:2006-01-10
That's the majority of the problem right there. The majority of the population can't live within their means. Look at how much credit card debt people have.
But for someone who can afford a PDA to spend the time and effort to crack software that is only $10, they should be shot.
Member since:2006-06-09
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2005-07-07
And the piece of software in the article just threw a monkey wrench into your argument. This software is cheap, yet people feel the need to pirate it. The majority of the population should learn to live *within* their means.