Comments on: Ewic Wigman Hunting Piwates http://www.vladville.com/2006/03/ewic-wigman-hunting-piwates.html Vlad Mazek on IT, Business and Technology Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:49:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Vlad http://www.vladville.com/2006/03/ewic-wigman-hunting-piwates.html/comment-page-1#comment-1203 Vlad Sat, 18 Mar 2006 05:08:00 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/blog/?p=344#comment-1203 Chuck, I am still trying to bring it to their attention. It is still (supposedly) being looked into and it is (supposedly) being investigated, and, and, and, and nothing. I am starting to lose faith in Microsoft ever taking the small-fish piracy in USA. -Vlad Chuck,

I am still trying to bring it to their attention. It is still (supposedly) being looked into and it is (supposedly) being investigated, and, and, and, and nothing.

I am starting to lose faith in Microsoft ever taking the small-fish piracy in USA.

-Vlad

]]> By: Chuck http://www.vladville.com/2006/03/ewic-wigman-hunting-piwates.html/comment-page-1#comment-1202 Chuck Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:47:00 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/blog/?p=344#comment-1202 Vlad, I poked around a little after seeing this post and found your post from January about Surplus Computers. Well I clicked on the link and lo and behold, they aren't selling SBS for $170 any more. No, now it is only $140. ?????????? How do we compete with that? Instead of being shut down, three months later they have cut the price even more. And they are not on the list of new lawsuits. Vlad,
I poked around a little after seeing this post and found your post from January about Surplus Computers. Well I clicked on the link and lo and behold, they aren’t selling SBS for $170 any more. No, now it is only $140.
??????????
How do we compete with that? Instead of being shut down, three months later they have cut the price even more. And they are not on the list of new lawsuits.

]]> By: Melissa Taravan http://www.vladville.com/2006/03/ewic-wigman-hunting-piwates.html/comment-page-1#comment-1201 Melissa Taravan Tue, 14 Mar 2006 06:09:00 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/blog/?p=344#comment-1201 Eric, In my humble opinion the partner enforcement/policing does not work. You have lost the game before you even walked through the door. If a user is bent on breaking the law there is little you can do to reach them. It is Microsofts burden to advertise the consequences of piracy because many professionals do not consider piracy to be wrong - mp3, video or software. They do not see it as theft. Until and unless that changes there is little hope for all the Genuine Advantage in the world, it is all in the realm of wrong perception of what is really theft and what is not. Eric,

In my humble opinion the partner enforcement/policing does not work. You have lost the game before you even walked through the door. If a user is bent on breaking the law there is little you can do to reach them. It is Microsofts burden to advertise the consequences of piracy because many professionals do not consider piracy to be wrong – mp3, video or software. They do not see it as theft. Until and unless that changes there is little hope for all the Genuine Advantage in the world, it is all in the realm of wrong perception of what is really theft and what is not.

]]> By: Paul Sutton http://www.vladville.com/2006/03/ewic-wigman-hunting-piwates.html/comment-page-1#comment-1200 Paul Sutton Tue, 14 Mar 2006 05:21:00 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/blog/?p=344#comment-1200 How about a campaign of handouts to be given to partners with piracy stuff on it? Or an in depth article on how criminals are busted/turned in. This could go a long way towards helping partners help Microsoft. Right now we really got nothing but a phone number and a non-threatening web site. How about a campaign of handouts to be given to partners with piracy stuff on it? Or an in depth article on how criminals are busted/turned in.

This could go a long way towards helping partners help Microsoft. Right now we really got nothing but a phone number and a non-threatening web site.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.vladville.com/2006/03/ewic-wigman-hunting-piwates.html/comment-page-1#comment-1199 Anonymous Tue, 14 Mar 2006 04:17:00 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/blog/?p=344#comment-1199 I think he meant to post this link: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/mar06/03-09GSIPR.mspx I think he meant to post this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/mar06/03-09GSIPR.mspx

]]> By: Jonah Ellis http://www.vladville.com/2006/03/ewic-wigman-hunting-piwates.html/comment-page-1#comment-1198 Jonah Ellis Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:44:00 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/blog/?p=344#comment-1198 About the damn time. Eric, thank you so much for your efforts! About the damn time. Eric, thank you so much for your efforts!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.vladville.com/2006/03/ewic-wigman-hunting-piwates.html/comment-page-1#comment-1197 Anonymous Tue, 14 Mar 2006 03:06:00 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/blog/?p=344#comment-1197 Windows XP N: Florida Edition :) Man, how do you come up with this?? Windows XP N: Florida Edition :) Man, how do you come up with this??

]]> By: ccWare http://www.vladville.com/2006/03/ewic-wigman-hunting-piwates.html/comment-page-1#comment-1196 ccWare Tue, 14 Mar 2006 01:42:00 +0000 http://www.vladville.com/blog/?p=344#comment-1196 So they will get more serious about doing the same thing they have been doing so far which is fundamentally flawed. How is this any better? So they will get more serious about doing the same thing they have been doing so far which is fundamentally flawed. How is this any better?

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