Ostavit cu ovo ovdje...editorial iz 2016, temeljeno na rijecima samog Billa
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Today Gates openly concedes that tolerating piracy turned out to be Microsoft's best long-term strategy. That's why Windows is used on an estimated 90% of China's 120 million PCs. "It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than when there's not," Gates says. "Are you kidding? You can get the real thing, and you get the same price." Indeed, in China's back alleys, Linux often costs more than Windows because it requires more disks. And Microsoft's own prices have dropped so low it now sells a $3 package of Windows and Office to students.
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> Winning through piracy -- Microsoft in China
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A new paper - written by Norwegian economics researcher, Arne Rogde Gramstad - suggests that piracy could be increasing Windows' marketshare. His findings suggest that if piracy were to vanish tomorrow, the amount of people using Linux would increase by 50-65%. This increase would lead to Linux having a 1.5-1.65% usage share (currently around 1%) in an average country. Thanks to piracy, Windows is actually seeing more adoption.
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Piracy could be helping Windows' marketshare
Dakle...zasto da Microsoft mijenja navike i gura svoje anti-korisnicke odluke ako sami korisnici i dalje koriste Microsoft produkte bez obzira kakvo govno Microsoft gurao kroz grla korisnika? Dokle je god tako - nista se nece promijeniti. Zasto i bi? Microsoft danas ionako na desktopu profitira od telemetrijskih podataka.