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 IJdo Dijkstra wrote in article <33d68fc8...@news.xs4all.nl>...
"Bill Ogden" <wbo...@nfx.net> wrote:

>>We need to take a look at something here that is very important.  =
First >of
>>all there is no way to know how many pirated copies exist per legit =
>copy,
>>and there is no way to even make a good guess.
>
>So what! BTW, they can make a good estimate by how many products were =
shipped out and how much
>revenue ends up coming in. They don't just pull numbers outta the air, =
dork!

As software piracy involves copied software rather than physically
stolen (i.e. shoplifted) software, their shipping vs revenue numbers
don't mean shit when used for piracy estimations.

>Companies, don't stay in business when the money doesn't come in.

Trouble with this argument is that apparentlty software companies do
stay in business, despite piracy.


    IJdo Dijkstra           =20
aur...@orion.xs4all.nl




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<P> IJdo Dijkstra<AURORA@ORION.XS4ALL.NL.REMOVE-THIS> wrote in article=20
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<HTML><BODY><FONT size=3D2>&quot;Bill Ogden&quot; &lt;<A=20
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&gt;&gt;We need to take a look at something here that is very =
important.&nbsp;=20
First &gt;of<BR>
&gt;&gt;all there is no way to know how many pirated copies exist per =
legit=20
&gt;copy,<BR>
&gt;&gt;and there is no way to even make a good guess.<BR>
&gt;<BR>
&gt;So what! BTW, they can make a good estimate by how many products =
were=20
shipped out and how much<BR>
&gt;revenue ends up coming in. They don't just pull numbers outta the =
air,=20
dork!<BR>
<BR>
As software piracy involves copied software rather than physically<BR>
stolen (i.e. shoplifted) software, their shipping vs revenue numbers<BR>
don't mean shit when used for piracy estimations.<BR>
<BR>
&gt;Companies, don't stay in business when the money doesn't come =
in.<BR>
<BR>
Trouble with this argument is that apparentlty software companies do<BR>
stay in business, despite piracy.<BR>
<BR>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IJdo=20
Dijkstra&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp=
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