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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (43819)	6/11/2001 2:44:46 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Re: "MSFT needs to cut the price as it is ahuge cash cow right now. " Would you welcome Microsoft to dictate how much - or how little - YOU could sell your computers for?

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (43819)	6/11/2001 3:01:10 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

Bill, We we lack hardware replicators, however we do have SW replicators. In a Karl Marx utopia, where private ownership is a crime, I would agree. But in real world, we are not talking about a problem of replication. Software is a private property of the owner, just like your house, your furniture, your clothes. If I create software, I own it, and only allow it to be used by people who paid for it, any other use is the same as if someone came to your house without authorization, used you clothes, used your swimming pool. Just because you can steal software in the privacy of your house because you somehow intercepted the shipment of the software from the owner to the customer, or someone doesn't adhere to the license under which the software is to be opened and used and "lends" it to you, it is all just a question of logistics. It's the same act as if you broke into my house and stole stuff installed on my computer, or if you broke into Microsoft offices and did the same. MSFT needs to cut the price as it is ahuge cash cow right now. Dev work paid for 1000's of times over. Didn't you just say that you didn't even contribute for paying for the original development? And if this is your standard, you owe money to all the software developers whose sales of their products didn't cover the original development work. One bad law was the Disney law whereby copyright was increased to 75 years from 50 years for a corporation a few years ago. Bribery of politicians did that. Called lobby groups but they are organised bribery groups. What makes you think that you have an inherent right to watch Disney movies for free? Joe