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  • Usually

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  • Rarely/only if its expensive

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  • Not if I can help it...

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Thread: Who actually pays for software?

  1. Mar 16th, 2001, 09:34 PM #1
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    The question is self-explanatory:
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  2. Mar 17th, 2001, 08:35 AM #2
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    I usually pay, unless it's out of my price bracket. The way I see it, once I a) have some money, and b) actually use it for something useful, I'll pay. For example, I paid for a copy of Win2000 (first MS OS I bought -- Win98 was copied). Office 2000, however, was not, because I'm only a student and can't justify that kind of cost.
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  3. Mar 17th, 2001, 08:45 AM #3
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    I bought all my MS Software....

    Office, Visual Studio, Etc.

    I don't pirate 'important' software, such as, Virus Scanners and other utilities(I bought Norton, and have a legal OEM copy of McAfee Office), and I do not use illegal operating systems. The programs that I haven't paid for are:

    Photoshop 5 & 6(going to buy 6 when I get money)
    Paint Shop Pro 6 & 7(going to buy 7 when I get money)
    Microangelo 5(I don't use it much)
    GetRight(I never use it)


    That's about all the illegal software I have.... I use Paint Shop Pro 7, and Photoshop 6 quite often, so I am going to buy those first.... If I wasn't a student I would have to pay ~$500 for Photoshop rather than ~$300....
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  4. Mar 17th, 2001, 09:59 AM #4
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    Originally posted by denniswrenn
    The programs that I haven't paid for are:

    Photoshop 5 & 6(going to buy 6 when I get money)
    Paint Shop Pro 6 & 7(going to buy 7 when I get money)
    Microangelo 5(I don't use it much)
    GetRight(I never use it)
    Probably not a wise idea telling everyone what illegal apps you have...there might be a member of Gate's Gang snooping around...

    It's a cover-up by the government. Conspiracy!!!
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  6. Mar 17th, 2001, 10:00 AM #5
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    None of those are MS products
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  7. Mar 18th, 2001, 02:02 PM #6
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    Originally posted by parksie
    None of those are MS products
    True, but I don't know the CEO of

    Adobe
    Jasc
    Impact Software
    or HeadLight Software

    And Gate's Gang has a ring to it
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