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Loverock, you are kind of a moron when it comes to social issues...
The only way Microsoft would lose millions to billions of dollars is to make the very incorrect assumption that everyone who runs a pirated copy of anything would in fact purchase the product if they couldn't pirate it. That isn't the way life works. If people could not have pirated Windows for so many years, they would use Linux. If they could not have pirated Office for years, they would have used Star Office (when it was free) or OpenOffice.
So the millions to billions "lost" would never have had the chance to be lost.
In fact, had Microsoft had such protections in place before, they would not even be around as a company today. Most companies that had flavors of Windows that did involve anti-piracy measures ended up having that portion of their business go under. Do you remember those days? I do. I used to have a copy of Xerox Windows 3.1 on my Epson 386SX16.

I would wager that Microsoft probably did lose a couple of million to pirates that NEEDED to use their products and would have paid for them if they couldn't pirate them...but to make the implication you do is completely absurd.
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Microsoft gets tough on Office fakers  Loverock Davidson | 10/27/06
Yeah, never mind that it doesn't work correctly.  Zeppo9191 | 10/27/06
And last time I had to be "validated"  zkiwi | 10/27/06
And so the Migration Begins!!!  nucrash | 10/27/06
Doubtful  Loverock Davidson | 10/27/06
Do you pay for your copy of MS Office?  nucrash | 10/27/06
Word  richvball44 | 10/28/06
Where there's a Bay and a Nova,  nix_hed | 03/23/09
Why?  HerbieHightower | 10/27/06
Nothing secret about it.  nomorems | 10/27/06
Re: over $122K since '99  Scrat | 10/28/06
So, what word processor do you use on your Mac?  ajole | 10/30/06
It's no secret that I am a windoze user...  Spikey_Mike | 10/27/06
Well, I'm a Windows User  Leria | 10/30/06
It happens, one enterprise at a time  Too Old For IT | 10/28/06
I wish I thought you were correct.  enduser_z | 10/27/06
All in good time  nucrash | 10/27/06
It's not the job of mainstream media to push OpenOffice  Confused by religion | 10/27/06
They don't hesitate to push Macs...  nucrash | 10/27/06
The only to push a Mac...  Mectron | 10/28/06
Yeah Right!  Ole Man | 10/30/06
Agreed -- the Migration Begins!!!  charlie@... | 10/27/06
Yes and No  DarthRidiculous | 10/27/06
I don't know about open office, but . . .  jlhenry62 | 10/27/06
Help Microsoft succeed?  Shelendrea | 10/27/06
The sky's the limit! (nt)  Zeppo9191 | 10/27/06
How much more successful could they get?  Ole Man | 10/30/06
Microsoft has to do what it has to do to protect...  Spikey_Mike | 10/27/06
Loverock, you are kind of a moron when it comes to social issues...  Stellardyne | 10/28/06
And calling him a moron says what about you???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/29/06
Yeah...it says I can identify stupidity when I see it... (NT)  Stellardyne | 10/29/06
With Expert Wittnesses, too!  Ole Man | 10/30/06
re:"....millions if not billions of dollars lost ...."  Loggies | 10/31/06
::sniff sniff:: Is that a lawsuit brewing ?!?!  bidemytime | 10/27/06
Well, playing Devil's advocate here...  Zeppo9191 | 10/27/06
No, just sniffing  enduser_z | 10/27/06
State AGs not quite what I had in mind  bidemytime | 10/27/06
File your suit, we all need a good laugh.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/29/06
To file suit, Microsoft would have to catch me  bidemytime | 10/30/06
Very Intelligent Post  Ole Man | 10/30/06
Office Theft  3D0G | 10/27/06
So, at what point does piracy become a problem in your mind?  Confused by religion | 10/27/06
Relative standard of rightness  slingzenarrowzuvowtrayjissforchin | 10/27/06
What I've always found amaziing is . . .  jlhenry62 | 10/27/06
I never said it was OK to steal  3D0G | 10/28/06
Excellent Message  lketchum | 10/28/06
Is piracy really the problem Milly?  Stellardyne | 10/29/06
If they lost 1 cent to theft, it's too much.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/29/06
Really No_Ax? Is that how it works?  Stellardyne | 10/29/06
Ranting about Windows in an Office article?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/29/06
Well, it is safe to assume it has the same technology behind it  Stellardyne | 10/29/06
Oh, and one more thing...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/29/06
As always you can't read through your obstructed views  Stellardyne | 10/29/06
You're both right!  SherryCan | 10/31/06
you refuse to institute an anti-piracy program?  Ole Man | 10/30/06
So, at what point does profit become plain theft....  Loggies | 10/31/06
Influence Pedling Abramoff Style  mighetto | 10/27/06
7.5  enduser_z | 10/27/06
Cmon, man! I can't believe you forgot...  techboy_z | 10/27/06
Do you have something against international democracy?  enduser_z | 10/27/06
Big Pharma  Jack-Booted EULA | 10/27/06
Whoops!  Jack-Booted EULA | 10/27/06
6.5  KTLA | 10/27/06
Hey - its working Preston Gates and Ellis is disbanding  mighetto | 10/27/06
3.0  KTLA | 10/28/06
Any corporation caught with illegal copies . . .  jlhenry62 | 10/27/06
Well stated!  SherryCan | 10/31/06
You don't have to use M$ Office  pmajon | 10/27/06
"only difference"  KTLA | 10/29/06
You're right Open Office Wins!  hoozafrizitz | 10/30/06
I'm tired of your tirades  Linux Geek | 10/27/06
"I'm tired of your tirades" LOL  zmud | 10/27/06
You have no life.  Grayson Peddie | 10/29/06
Get a life  Dave_Friedel | 10/30/06
It's only news because it's Microsoft  carmilevy@... | 10/27/06
No need to steal!  Kobashrer | 10/27/06
Problem is...  techboy_z | 10/27/06
This is what I don't understand about ABMers  NonZealot | 10/27/06
Something we can agree on.  enduser_z | 10/27/06
Anyone whois a pirate  mikeholli | 10/28/06
Well, let's hope  DarbyOhara | 10/29/06
Anyone whois a pirate  mikeholli | 10/28/06
I Don't Know What Microsoft You're So Cozy With  Cardhu | 11/11/06
Anyone whois a pirate  mikeholli | 10/28/06
The pirates ye have always.  Hugh G. Rection | 10/28/06
Happy Birthday Bill Gates!  Loverock Davidson | 10/28/06
Very appropriate  Hugh G. Rection | 10/28/06
Scorpio eh? Figures, a...  Linux_Fanboy | 10/28/06
The great OGA advantages  owidder | 10/29/06
Sad stuff  mlf1970 | 10/29/06
Sad that scum steal? Yeah, your right.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/29/06
Blah blah blah  mobrien_12@... | 10/29/06
Theft by any other name.  Kobashrer | 10/29/06
Microsoft Digs In and Cuts its own throat in the process  Evisscerator | 10/30/06
Not exactly..  ITCowboy | 11/07/06
I doubt that Ramon would agree  Cardhu | 11/07/06
Microsoft Digs In and Cuts its own throat in the process  Evisscerator | 10/30/06
Does this affect anyone that's either not a business or stupid?  superbus | 10/30/06
Not the point  ITCowboy | 11/07/06
Not enough information to decide  jdubow@... | 10/30/06
piracy  cesproles@... | 10/30/06
um how come microsoft gets to scan my computer, willy nilly.  roddic | 10/30/06
Ummm No..  ITCowboy | 11/07/06
If it bothers you..  Gregory.J.Bradley@... | 10/30/06
same-old same-old  dlandrum@... | 10/31/06
Just one thing  ITCowboy | 11/07/06
Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed  Cardhu | 11/07/06
Who Cares???????  baylors | 10/31/06
I just read something I don't believe!  marty_mathieson@... | 10/31/06
well..  ITCowboy | 11/07/06
**** microsoft & all of USA Kapitalism!!!  DonYan | 11/02/06
Talk About Rabid Stereotyping ....  Cardhu | 11/03/06

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