RE: What PC operating system?

["Paul D. DeRocco" <pderocco@ix.netcom.com>]

I would guess that much of the piracy consists of people stealing a later
version of the OS, when they would otherwise have simply lived with the
older version.

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> From: Moreno Polloni
> >
> > It's exceedingly unlikely that Microsoft actually "loses" all of those
> > sales; in all likelihood, many (if not most) of those folks never
> > would have bought it if they had to pay retail price.  No doubt at
> > least some of this is counterbalanced by the fact that it's hard
> > enough to buy any system (much less a laptop) without also paying for
> > Windows, even when the purchasor is simply going to wipe the disk as
> > soon as possible.
>
> If you're talking application software, I'd agree. However,
> everyone with a
> computer needs an operating system, and this is by far the largest piracy
> concern for Microsoft.

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