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1. Comment - RIAA: 25% of Students Give Into Threats

   (Mar 27, 2007 - 2:18 PM)

   Since kprovance 'legally' downloaded the music from others that were sharing (redistributing) because he/she already owns media that was purchased with those songs on them, what's to say that others that download from kprovance won't also legally download the music, as well? Doesn't the RIAA have to prove that the music that gets downloaded from kprovance is being illegally redistributed as opposed to being redistributed to those that already have those songs on some legally purchase media, such as records or tapes?

2. Comment - AMD Renews Antitrust Rhetoric, Reopening Intel + HP Complaint

   (Feb 1, 2007 - 12:15 PM)

   Apparently Intel felt that AMD already offered such a strong product that it had to try to defeat its use since it would be hard competition with them. Building a better mouse trap only works if you can get it to market. There have been many superior products in a variety of industries that have been squashed by the competition. AMD is just looking for a fair fight in this case.

3. Comment - MS Office Validation Now Mandatory

   (Oct 28, 2006 - 12:24 PM)

   I am no Microsoft fan. And, I try to find better or even equal alternatives to their products where possible in an attempt to do my share of keeping Microsoft vigilant. I agree that Microsoft has its share of skeletons in it's closets and is guilty of many wrongdoings regarding customers and other software developers. That being said, it is still important to recognize that two wrongs don't necessarily make things right. Microsoft, like other software developers spent a great deal of money and time to form their products and deserve to get compenstated for that effort. That is what drives free enterprise and capitalism to provide new products and improve on existing ones. Unfortunately, much of the criticism seen in forums like this are misdirected at Microsoft when they should be directed at those individuals and companies that make every excuse possible to rationalize that pirating software is acceptable and even necessary to combat the evils of Microsoft. They are the ones that are driving Microsoft and other companies to employ practices that ultimately infringe on legitimate customers. There is no way for these companies to know if software used on a PC is legally licensed except by activation and validation methods. If all users were honest then those tactics would not be necessary and I'm sure that Microsoft and others would not waste their resources developing them. But, in an effort to protect their investments and to better insure deserved recovery for them, Microsoft and others have been pushed into the position of developing and utilizing those methods. There are other products on the market that compete with Microsoft's. However, it is obvious that Microsoft has done their job well enough that their products are favored by consumers in a large percentage of cases. I'm all for the development of Linux distrobutions to provide Microsoft with the incentive to improve their OSes. And, OpenOffice.org and other office suites are available as replacements for Microsoft Office. If it is thought that Microsoft is so bad then use only their competitor's products. Money will be saved on software that way. However, if Microsoft's products are providing benefits that the competitors don't and those benefits are significant enough to cause the use of those Microsoft's products then Microsoft deserves to be compensated for providing those benefits.