That is true! They did that in Brazil, I remember it.... I was running NetBSD back then :-) (I started running BSD in 1998 I think... or something near that)
On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 5:48 AM, Lynn Fredricks < lfredri...@proactive-intl.com> wrote: > > I am 100% sure that Microsoft loves the fact that people > > pirate their software (especially the OS) > > During the "Don't Copy that Floppy" era, a company set up offices > throughout > South America to help local authorities crack down on piracy. Very often > they'd get called by local authorities because they'd hear that their > products were being pirated. So they would "help out" on investigations. > During those investigations, they'd offer the offending company (this was > against large companies) a special deal - we will forgive you your > transgressions if you purchase a special package of our software which > includes everything you could need to run an office at 10% of the full > price, provided that you promise not to use any competitors products. > > Best regards, > > Lynn Fredricks > President > Paradigma Software > http://www.paradigmasoft.com > > Valentina SQL Server: The Ultra-fast, Royalty Free Database Server > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
