sean.ferguson
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since the news i have come to realise that perhaps this is a bigger issue than most of us think. Sure we all joke about the mpaa and other organisations being greedy, but who is it that is downloading the movies and not wishing to pay... the pirates.
I was a member of the site, for possibly 3 weeks. But this whole situation has changed my view on everything. I now use Ubuntu removing windows from my system because i actually dont own an official license. All dvds that i had have been destroyed, all music that isnt officialy licensed has been destroyed, all software that wasnt officially licensed, destroyed. Im sure you get the picture.
What has come of this, well i have got to understand of a few new linux programs that i never knew of before. I now use GPG instead of PGP, i use OOo, i listen to streaming radio stations instead of downloading albums. In the past few days i can see it making a difference already.
I wont use windows again until Longhorn is released, which i have already stated i will be buying a licence for. However by the time of its release, i may just be far too intouch with the opensource world.
My philosophy now is, if i cant afford it, i dont need it. and it works
I was a member of the site, for possibly 3 weeks. But this whole situation has changed my view on everything. I now use Ubuntu removing windows from my system because i actually dont own an official license. All dvds that i had have been destroyed, all music that isnt officialy licensed has been destroyed, all software that wasnt officially licensed, destroyed. Im sure you get the picture.
What has come of this, well i have got to understand of a few new linux programs that i never knew of before. I now use GPG instead of PGP, i use OOo, i listen to streaming radio stations instead of downloading albums. In the past few days i can see it making a difference already.
I wont use windows again until Longhorn is released, which i have already stated i will be buying a licence for. However by the time of its release, i may just be far too intouch with the opensource world.
My philosophy now is, if i cant afford it, i dont need it. and it works