Comment Apple, Sun...? (Score 1) 814
Does Ballmer base his claims on the fact that PC business has such a diverse user base?
If not, I don't get it.
I mean, every platform has users who don't obey license agreements. Be it copying the software or otherwise.
Apple has been many times accused of having too expensive hardware (which I think is a myth from the last millennium), but still - the piracy on x86 PCs is way more common than on Macs. And the same thing on Sun, HP workstations etc.
I really don't buy the Ballmer's explanation, which is based on expensive (?) hardware. I would say, that it's more likely that;
a) large market share of Windows and applications for Windows
b) expensive software
is more likely the reason which has created this overbloated group of people who don't pay for their software.
If not, I don't get it.
I mean, every platform has users who don't obey license agreements. Be it copying the software or otherwise.
Apple has been many times accused of having too expensive hardware (which I think is a myth from the last millennium), but still - the piracy on x86 PCs is way more common than on Macs. And the same thing on Sun, HP workstations etc.
I really don't buy the Ballmer's explanation, which is based on expensive (?) hardware. I would say, that it's more likely that;
a) large market share of Windows and applications for Windows
b) expensive software
is more likely the reason which has created this overbloated group of people who don't pay for their software.
