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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (77823)	4/20/2002 4:04:40 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

Bill, Look at HP, they make nothing on inkjet printers, but the ink is pure gold. There is a difference between HP and Epson. HP puts more electronics in the cartridge. I think the jets themselves are somehow controlled or built into th cartridge. Epson has this as a part of the printer. This makes the cartridges cheaper. Cheaper that is, as long as the jets of the Epson printer stay unclogged. In that case, you dump the whole printer (or go through the repair / shipping etc nightmare). In case of HP, you just dump the cartridge in the garbage, if it is clogged, and keep the printer. I have had both, Epson and HP, and over the life of both, Epson cartridges ended up a lot more expensive, since I had to dump the printer after using up about 2 cartridges. HP is still working fine. Joe

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (77823)	4/20/2002 7:02:56 PM
From: bacchus_ii	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Bill, you are 100% right about XP or XBOX and most soft. I always tried to explain that piracy should never be a concern for software maker. It's like tax evasion for those who work "under the table". As long it's do not exceed 20% of the market, government should not try to recover those tax efficiently. The work they do usually wouldn't be done at all if fully taxed. The same for piracy. It's not a lost market at all. Software piracy is not free, a lot of downloading required, no after sale service… Trying to eliminate piracy would not increase revenue, probably reduce it. Warez are free promotion of a product. Those who will buy the product will do it after a friend will have tested and recommend it, and that friend is probably a warez and don’t use it for other purpose than to know it. Bill Gate know that. At one point in time, concerning China pirating MS's product, he said: "What important is that it's MS's product that are pirated. We will collect royalty later and when and where it will be possible."