Fight Microsoft With Their Own Weapon

May 20, 2008, 01:30 (18 Talkback[s])

[ Thanks to SirYes for this link. ]

"So, Microsoft puts out its hand and offers help with porting open-source software, to make it run best on the Windows platform. How mean. Understandable from marketing and business point of view, but mean anyway (and hey, that's my opinion!).

"I have a proposal then, a simple one. Since Windows users are already used to trial versions, time-limited, feature-limited, shareware and other pieces of software which they constantly have to 'unlock' by using codes found on the net (or keygens), so let it be...!"

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