Speaking of illegal downloads what's so illegal about it anyway? In my mind, it is (or is it 'it should have been'?) illegal for a person to use software he didn't acquire legally.

I can't think of a good car analogy, but I'm pretty sure labeling a download as 'illegal' is stupid. It series of 0s and 1s. How can I predict their sequence and how am I supposed to know that a particular sequence of 0s and 1s is someone else's work before using (ie installing / viewing / printing etc) those bytes?

Because the mantra will become "KDE ought to be enough for anybody" which isn't fun anymore.

First they ignore you..

Then they laugh at you...

Then you make plugins for their browser.

Actually, 20 minutes later the kids think they can fly as well and try it by jumping out of the balkony.

Presumably because it kills your PC, but that's just business, not personal.

First of all, according to the article linked it's about 2000-3000. Second, why Microsoft's decision to cut some thousand jobs is related to piracy? And finally, since when pirated copies equal lost sales?

To Leonard Boyarsky, lead world designer on Diablo III

I believe one of the most exciting features of Diablo III, which made the distinctive difference between D3 and WoW is that there are no character stereotypes. The same class can be developped in so many different ways. Although there are cookie-cutter builds, there are several more which are viable and fun. How do you cope with the balancing?