[OT] Pirate software in Germany?

[Andre Garzia]

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 <
lfredricks at 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
>
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