re: Don't Feed the Pirates

Danieln — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:44:37 GMT

I help run a Microsoft Centric Usergroup, and I still don't believe the amount of times I get asked if I can help someone get them a "copy" of this that or the otherthing. I kindly direct them to 180 day trials, and TechNet/MSDN subcriptions, and openly berate them for infering in any way that the practice of software piracy is ok.

A colleague of mine has even had to report a former employer of his for serial infringement at the business level. It boggles my mind when companies decide to pirate software, there is no advantage in the least, and they are throwing away a perfectly good stream of revenu. (Even if they charge for the pirated stuff, it will eventually come back to bite you because the customer WILL find out they have been had)

Cheers to being Legit!