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m509272May 12th 2009 3:53PM

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How are those numbers calculated? Unless you're taking an inventory of every machine, it's impossible to tell. More BS "statistics". If there's 100 apps on a machine and 10 of them are pay for apps and 5 are paid for is the percentage 50% pirated or 5%? You can make up numbers any way you want to and obviously the BSA is going to choose whatever way gives them a higher number.

Also how many people pirate an app, try it once and never use it again? Do you count that because it's installed? I can't count how many times I downloaded an x-day trial and used it once or twice and tossed it.

How many people given no option to pirate MS Office and educated about OpenOffice will actually buy MS Office? Probably less than a few percent.

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ronin691May 12th 2009 2:07PM

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How many people an hour just give up on Office ( with all the thousands features that go unused by 96% of people ) and just use Google Docs for free?

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