 Microsoft Using Cracked Software - Piracy Maniac |
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 Jan 11 2005, 05:42 PM
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Newbie [Level 3]  Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 4-January 05 Member No.: 3,106  |
All the software cateogry, games included copy ideas from one another and apply it differently. I am glad that Bill gates did Windows. can you imagine if Apple is the only company that sell an easy to use GUI? Our computers today would not be so cheap.
Macs are good but over-priced. Apple is holding on to the monoploy of manufacturing Mac machines and controlling prices. The market share for Macs worldwide is sliding. With the advancement of software, PC could do what Macs does. P.S = Apple used to advertised themselves having an egde over PC in graphic design. This is not so with the invention of Adobe Acrobat and Open Type Fonts. (read and install on Mac and PC platform) |
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Jan 11 2005, 08:39 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 378 Joined: 8-January 05 Member No.: 3,174 |
QUOTE(gbjack @ Jan 11 2005, 07:42 PM) P.S = Apple used to advertised themselves having an egde over PC in graphic design. This is not so with the invention of Adobe Acrobat and Open Type Fonts. (read and install on Mac and PC platform)  Forgive my ignorance, but what does Acrobat have to do with graphic design? Are you sure you aren't thinking of Photoshop? |
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Jan 12 2005, 12:18 AM
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Give me Reputation and i'll give you some back.  Group: Banned Posts: 203 Joined: 29-December 04 From: Wirral, Northwest England Member No.: 3,000 |
I wish I could check this out. My C:\Winnit\Help as no subfolders.
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Jan 15 2005, 03:23 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 282 Joined: 17-December 04 Member No.: 2,764 |
Yes, you are right! I have checked it with WinHex and I can see the Group and the ID you mentioned. It is easy to hide some texts in JPG files and Wav files, and I wonder whether this is a joke by one of M$ employees or really Bill is using some piece of software.... Interesting...
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Jan 17 2005, 02:14 AM
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delete me Group: Members Posts: 518 Joined: 18-September 04 From: delete me Member No.: 1,185 |
well its not Bill, its the person who created the sound files which could be anyone in MS.
And its no joke. The cracking team doesn't exist anymore. But they discovered it when they met for some event, I think the birthday of the guy who cracked the software and decided to surprise him by revealing this whole thing. Really funny if you ask me. Another thing is that Sony now holds the rights to the SoundForge software although I doubt they will try sueing MS... |
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Feb 17 2008, 03:24 AM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 268 Joined: 16-February 08 From: Brisbane, AU Member No.: 57,945 |
QUOTE(bizchina @ Jan 11 2005, 09:15 AM) "doubt that Bill Gates stole a pirated copy" but Steve Jobs stole GUI from Xerox (allegedly  IF I was to recall correctly it was purchased from xerox... I think. |
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Feb 21 2008, 01:34 PM
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Privileged Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 920 Joined: 23-December 05 Member No.: 16,099 |
QUOTE(bjrn @ Jan 12 2005, 01:03 AM) Bill Gates is incredibly rich. I doubt he accuires software for his developers. He probably mainly sits around deciding MS's "strategy" and focuses on hoarding money. Bill!=MS Or most likely buying competitors. Have a look at Hotmail when it first came out, before Gates and his MSN web portal bought it out, thus becoming MSN Hotmail. Another case could be realplayer, which iirc Microsoft was interested in, but RealNetworks wasnt interested, thus leading to Microsoft making Windows Media Player in competition to Winamp and Realplayer at the time. There has been other developers around as well, Apple IPOD and their itunes software is another Media Player software. Also to further add, various DVD player software has popped up since. |
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Nov 6 2008, 10:34 PM
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Super Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 305 Joined: 19-June 08 From: United Kingdom - Cornwall!!!!! Member No.: 63,876 myCENT:42.52 |
As much as that is very convincing evidence, I dont believe microsoft would use pirate software. It could bring down microsoft.
The company could sue, then it would be all over the media, they would loose millions if not billions. Maybe they bought the sounds off some company which used pirate software, or something. |
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Nov 7 2008, 12:14 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 232 Joined: 14-October 08 From: Behind the Gates Above~!! Member No.: 69,655 myCENT:43.73 |
I don't BELIEVE IT~!! Well....actually I do..... How did people find this out? Were people like bored and looked through the WINDOWS folder? I mean, couldn't Microsoft just buy the software and use it? I mean they are rich and it is not hard to just go buy something instead of cracking something.......
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