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]]> By: Gareth Powell http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/02/04/piracy-worked-romania-president-tells-gates/comment-page-1/#comment-4215 Gareth Powell Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:32:02 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/02/04/piracy-worked-romania-president-tells-gates/#comment-4215 I have learned diacritic and will not make that mistake again. You are incorrect in assuming I have never been there, never had to make those decisions. I do it all the time in assorted countries in SE Asia. In China I am involved in a charity just getting books into schools. My own view is that piracy under those circumstances is totally justified. Do I worry about that in my own case? I have written, and had published, about a dozen books. Slabs of them have been ripped off. It worries me not in the slightest. And I have written software that has also been copied to fare-thee-well. I take it as a compliment. I have learned diacritic and will not make that mistake again. You are incorrect in assuming I have never been there, never had to make those decisions. I do it all the time in assorted countries in SE Asia. In China I am involved in a charity just getting books into schools. My own view is that piracy under those circumstances is totally justified.
Do I worry about that in my own case? I have written, and had published, about a dozen books. Slabs of them have been ripped off. It worries me not in the slightest. And I have written software that has also been copied to fare-thee-well. I take it as a compliment.

]]> By: Matt http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/02/04/piracy-worked-romania-president-tells-gates/comment-page-1/#comment-4208 Matt Mon, 05 Feb 2007 05:18:57 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/02/04/piracy-worked-romania-president-tells-gates/#comment-4208 If I may say, the markings in Mr. Basescu's name are called diacritics. While they are not inscribed on your keyboard, your keyboard can produce them very easily. I think it's hilarious what the President told Mr. Gates. Also, it's very true. Many kids in Romania played and worked on computers that were running pirated software in the 90s. I was one of them. My high school did not have and indeed could not have afforded licenses for Windows, Microsoft Office, and some of the other software they were running on the school computers. Was it wrong to use the software anyway? Sure. Now, when our parents made an average of $100 a month and could barely afford to put food on the table, the debate did take a slightly different shape. I remember serving on the editorial board of our schools newspaper, and debating whether it was ethical for us to continue to print the paper while using pirated copies of Windows and Word. Inside, we all knew it was wrong. But we also knew that there were no other computers for us to use anywhere. That was our opportunity to learn computers and stay knowledgeable and of course to play all the games that we could sneak into our computer lab. Somewhere between morality and pragmatism, pragmatism won. Piracy, of course, is wrong in all cases. Don't treat the subject lightly, though. You've never been there. Never had to make those kinds of decisions. As for President Basescu's remark's, of course he should not have said it. But it was true. Some of us were introduced to the wonderful world of computers by virtue of pirated software. If I may say, the markings in Mr. Basescu’s name are called diacritics. While they are not inscribed on your keyboard, your keyboard can produce them very easily.

I think it’s hilarious what the President told Mr. Gates. Also, it’s very true. Many kids in Romania played and worked on computers that were running pirated software in the 90s. I was one of them. My high school did not have and indeed could not have afforded licenses for Windows, Microsoft Office, and some of the other software they were running on the school computers.

Was it wrong to use the software anyway? Sure. Now, when our parents made an average of $100 a month and could barely afford to put food on the table, the debate did take a slightly different shape. I remember serving on the editorial board of our schools newspaper, and debating whether it was ethical for us to continue to print the paper while using pirated copies of Windows and Word. Inside, we all knew it was wrong. But we also knew that there were no other computers for us to use anywhere. That was our opportunity to learn computers and stay knowledgeable and of course to play all the games that we could sneak into our computer lab.

Somewhere between morality and pragmatism, pragmatism won.

Piracy, of course, is wrong in all cases. Don’t treat the subject lightly, though. You’ve never been there. Never had to make those kinds of decisions.

As for President Basescu’s remark’s, of course he should not have said it. But it was true. Some of us were introduced to the wonderful world of computers by virtue of pirated software.

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