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Marketshare...
Is actually an imaginary number. This is based on a guess, not
an actual fact. It's how many units shipped, not actual
units in use. If you take into account all the double counted
copies and other "phantom" licenses (people who've switched to
either Mac OS or linux or those that participated in the "School
license"), the number that Microsoft like to throw around is just
a bit off.

Microsoft actively encouraged piracy in the early days. Much like
a drug dealer, they want to users to get "hooked". Once
"hooked" they can raise the price, to cover any "losses". Funny
part is, each copy of xp sold retail is sold at a margin of 700%.
Even the OEM licenses are sold at 200%+ their value. So any
claim of losses due to piracy should be more than covered.

While I don't condone piracy, I believe that Microsoft has more
than accounted for it in the prices of their products. Look at
vista prices, for a point upgrade they are very high.
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Sounds like WGA is doing its job  NonZealot | 10/30/06
Well...  zkiwi | 10/30/06
Not just Stacker.  UserLand | 10/31/06
Like I've been saying all along.....  Jack-Booted EULA | 10/31/06
WGA is a controversion of our legal system.  techboy_z | 10/31/06
As much as I hate EULAs and dislike MS tactics,  Joel R | 11/01/06
actually, you'd be surprised  shryko | 11/01/06
Infringement on privacy  willem1933@... | 11/02/06
Theories, like opinions, vary.  Dr. John | 11/02/06
With China's piracy rate, wouldn't they be targeted?  HypnoToad | 10/30/06
I doubt they want to  Suicida| | 10/30/06
Where have you been?  lenohere | 10/31/06
Not on my computers!!!  Hans Schmidt | 11/02/06
Too late...  Linux User 147560 | 10/31/06
RedFlag Linux has been around for a while  Linux User 1 | 10/31/06
Image counts (even for MS!)  multanihl | 10/31/06
Sorry, that's "company's seriousness"  multanihl | 10/31/06
China Piracy  net-com | 10/31/06
And thier market share drops.  Suicida| | 10/30/06
That's hilarious.  A_Pickle | 10/31/06
Marketshare...  Rick_K | 10/31/06
Once again, Apple to the rescue!!  NonZealot | 10/31/06
Non-zealot zealotry  frgough | 10/31/06
Is there an Apple manual somewhere?  NonZealot | 10/31/06
Microsoft targets auctioneers of pirated software  Intellihence | 10/31/06
pirated Software  benf_z | 11/01/06
Microsoft targets auctioneers of pirated software  Loverock Davidson | 10/31/06
Pirates protecting their booty  tfahs_orcim | 10/31/06
Regardless of whether you like Microsoft or not  Shelendrea | 10/31/06
Re: ridiculous prices  Linux User 1 | 10/31/06
Re: ridiculous prices  Intellihence | 10/31/06
Piracy and prices...  Linux User 1 | 10/31/06
And how many people  Shelendrea | 10/31/06
Re: how many people  Linux User 1 | 10/31/06
That still doesn't answer my question  Shelendrea | 10/31/06
Not quite  maldain | 10/31/06
MS pricing and use  Edvbq1 | 11/01/06
There's only one thing for crybabies to do...  wfuller | 11/01/06
What is your problem?  Shelendrea | 10/31/06
Price and money spent on piracy  Linux User 1 | 10/31/06
Thats laughable  Shelendrea | 10/31/06
Re: laughable  Linux User 1 | 10/31/06
Ahhh BUT  Shelendrea | 10/31/06
$400 computer?  labarker | 11/01/06
here here!  wfuller | 11/01/06
It's "hear" , "hear"  the_seb | 11/02/06
Perhaps  Jack-Booted EULA | 10/31/06
But that's not hard  Shelendrea | 10/31/06
Re:  Linux User 1 | 10/31/06
get over yourself  Shelendrea | 10/31/06
Piracy & the public  Linux User 1 | 10/31/06
And he still fails to see the point  Shelendrea | 10/31/06
Well  Linux User 1 | 10/31/06
Actually  Shelendrea | 10/31/06
Totally misunderstood...  Linux User 1 | 10/31/06
Now I get it  Shelendrea | 10/31/06
Surprise  Linux User 1 | 10/31/06
Looks, Talks, and Acts Like One  Ole Man | 11/01/06
Shel, you're too funny.  techboy_z | 10/31/06
Ridiculous prices...  Raymond Danner | 10/31/06
Above the curve??  wfuller | 11/01/06
I don't like the price, but  labarker | 11/01/06
Except...  Dr. John | 11/02/06
Oh yeah?  Loverock Davidson | 10/31/06
What are you dressing up as ?  Intellihence | 10/31/06
I don't see why he shouldn't  Shelendrea | 10/31/06
is that a witch  Patrick Jones | 10/31/06
LOL  Shelendrea | 10/31/06
achoo  Loverock Davidson | 10/31/06
ROTFLMFAO  Shelendrea | 10/31/06
Heck no!  Patrick Jones | 11/01/06
(NT) Suicide bomber, lofl :o)  Jack-Booted EULA | 10/31/06
Halloween Costume  aardvark77 | 11/01/06
WHy thankyou Lovey  Shelendrea | 10/31/06
Anytime  Loverock Davidson | 10/31/06
or the crow  Shelendrea | 10/31/06
Crow is feasible  Loverock Davidson | 10/31/06
Pricing???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/31/06
And another thing  kodakmak | 11/02/06
Ummm, Such As ...  Cardhu | 11/02/06
Piracy....  Kobashrer | 10/31/06
If you are going to quote me then you might  Shelendrea | 10/31/06
Sorry, you are simply wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/31/06
Jack Sparrow to No_ax ....  Reverend MacFellow | 10/31/06
No Ax to Jack Off...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/31/06
No I'm not  Shelendrea | 10/31/06
Show me...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/31/06
That's a matter of opinion Axey  Shelendrea | 10/31/06
And your opinion seems to be that they are about the same.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/31/06
Lower prices != Less Stealling  FatherJ | 11/02/06
Microsoft Already Has A Huge Advantage  Cardhu | 11/02/06
Well..  Patrick Jones | 11/01/06
Apple NOT more expensive.  Joel R | 11/01/06
Negative.  FatherJ | 11/02/06
Try again  kodakmak | 11/02/06
That Depends On The Value You Place  Cardhu | 11/02/06
Well???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/31/06
Not At All  Cardhu | 11/02/06
Fully agree  Fred Fredrickson | 11/01/06
Good for MS!  George Mitchell | 10/31/06
Time to whip up the DVD burner  jpump@... | 11/01/06
It's a product  Psyjack | 11/01/06
Yes the price will not go down  jlzimm | 11/01/06
Bingo!  FatherJ | 11/02/06
The never ending battle...  nemesis_bass | 11/01/06
The Never Ending Battle  timmygr12 | 11/01/06
PS  rocketollie | 11/01/06
How do they identify the false positives?  hoiatl | 11/01/06
False positives?  JRLBell | 11/02/06
Well, That;'s Because You've Been Lucky  Cardhu | 11/02/06
How do they identify the false positives?  hoiatl | 11/01/06
How do they identify the false positives?  hoiatl | 11/01/06
Well, they might  Cardhu | 11/03/06
Good luck with Poland  FredOneSaid | 11/01/06
Piracy  res03y2y@... | 11/01/06
Piracy  timmygr12 | 11/01/06
Microsoft Targets Online Auction Pirating  cgordering | 11/02/06
Microsoft  tbanks204 | 11/02/06
People still shoplift at Walmart  FatherJ | 11/02/06
Stop piracy with affordable software  jackofalltradesmasterofnone | 11/03/06
Online Auctions  aviatioinga | 11/11/06

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