Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 02:36:39 GMT From: Steve Brown <gtabug@prayforwind.com> To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Feeding the Troll (Was: freebsd as a desktop ?) Message-ID: <20011130.2363900@prayforwind.com> In-Reply-To: <030301c17943$c4f47790$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <20011129192802.Y62172-100000@big> <030301c17943$c4f47790$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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This is really getting [OT] but I have to ask: What's the ratio of legal vs. pirated software use here in Canada? A few years ago Peter Dvorak (PC magazine) stated in an article that Canadians were among the world's worst software pirates. But when I was in Hong Kong & China I saw that they openly sell copies of popular titles for about the cost of a Big Mac, so I fear we've lost the honor to Asia ;) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 11/29/01, 9:07:29 PM, "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> wrote regarding Re: Feeding the Troll (Was: freebsd as a desktop ?): > Uli writes: > > No. Piracy is not a major problem in Europe. > Piracy rates for Western Europe are about 40% higher than they are for North > America; overall, more than a third of software products in Western Europe are > pirated (versus 25% for North America). Eastern Europe has the worst piracy > rates in the world, at about 75%. Asia and Latin America are tied at about 60%. > The rates for North America are the lowest of any region in the world. > The dollar losses are about the same for both North America and Western Europe. > Americans don't cheat nearly as much, but they buy a lot more software overall. > > No. Dishonesty is not a cultural institution > > in Southern Europe. > I'm afraid this isn't true. The piracy rates for France, Italy, Portugal, and > Spain are 39%, 44%, 47%, and 53%, respectively. The rates for Finland, Germany, > and Norway are 30%, 27%, and 37%, respectively. > > Italy is one of the worst offenders > > Italy is a state and not a person. > Irrelevant. Actually, however, Italy is in fifth place (my mistake): The > leading offender is Greece, with a staggering 71% of software stolen rather than > paid for; in second and third place are Spain (53%) and, surprisingly, Ireland > (51%). > > as the actual numbers prove? > Yes. See above. These are BSA/SIIA figures for 1999. They are down from > preceding years, but still pretty bad. Even in the United States, the > best-behaved of the lot, one person in four has stolen the software he is using. > > oh - as you recall. > See above. My recollection is pretty good. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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