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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: GmanJoe on May 14, 2002, 10:24:31 AM

Title: Software Piracy conviction. You\'ll never guess who.
Post by: GmanJoe on May 14, 2002, 10:24:31 AM

http://www.vnunet.com/News/1131606

:laughing:

Title: Software Piracy conviction. You\'ll never guess who.
Post by: Hawke on May 14, 2002, 10:30:48 AM

Gee, that really made me smile for some reason :)

Title: Software Piracy conviction. You\'ll never guess who.
Post by: mjps21983 on May 14, 2002, 11:02:57 AM

Actually when I read the post, the first thought that came to my mind was, MICROSOFT!!!

Title: Software Piracy conviction. You\'ll never guess who.
Post by: kopking on May 14, 2002, 11:28:54 AM

my first thought was bill gates

Title: Software Piracy conviction. You\'ll never guess who.
Post by: shockwaves on May 14, 2002, 11:32:20 AM

Yeah, I think that was everyone\'s first thought.  Amazing how they keep this stuff from getting out...

Title: Software Piracy conviction. You\'ll never guess who.
Post by: ooseven on May 14, 2002, 11:43:47 AM

time to get out my usual responce when i here bad news for M$$$$$$$$

:laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:

ah the old ones are the best.

Title: Software Piracy conviction. You\'ll never guess who.
Post by: PS2_-'_'-_PS2 on May 14, 2002, 01:47:16 PM

good good

Title: Software Piracy conviction. You\'ll never guess who.
Post by: KillaX on May 14, 2002, 01:53:00 PM

boy.....when it rains it pours.....first Sony drops the price of the PS2 and now this........The All powerful Microsoft is faltering.......too bad :rolleyes:



:hat:ScottyJ:hat:

Title: Software Piracy conviction. You\'ll never guess who.
Post by: mm on May 14, 2002, 04:37:56 PM

BWUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

whew, ok,  i feel better now

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the Commercial Court of Nanterre fined Microsoft because it had illegally included another company\'s proprietary source code in SoftImage 3D, a top-level animation package that it acquired from SoftImage in 1994.

NO!  m$ wouldnt just steal code cause they\'re not resourcefull enough.  oh wait, thats that bill gates did to steven jobs and stole the mac GUI!

for shame...

Title: Software Piracy conviction. You\'ll never guess who.
Post by: project86 on May 15, 2002, 03:42:58 AM

MS and piracy have gone hand in hand since the development of what we all call WINDOWS.

Ho-hum, I guess it was good reading material anyway.

Title: Software Piracy conviction. You\'ll never guess who.
Post by: Toxical on May 15, 2002, 01:11:35 PM

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Originally posted by mm
BWUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

whew, ok,  i feel better now




NO!  m$ wouldnt just steal code cause they\'re not resourcefull enough.  oh wait, thats that bill gates did to steven jobs and stole the mac GUI!

for shame...

Hmmm Jobs borrowed some of his ideas from someone also ;) in the end, they are all rippers of ideas :laughing: