Piracy is not theft, Lost sales don't exist, says Minecraft creator (2011)

Re:Piracy is not theft, Lost sales don't exist, says Minecra... by markdown on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @02:35PM (#26333227)

This was also Microsoft's model with pirate versions of their software paving the way for MS to take over the developing world.

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Re:Piracy is not theft, Lost sales don't exist, says Minecra... by comprev on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @02:40PM (#26333299)

I learned all my early MS sysadmin skills on a homelab made up of eBay HP servers/Cisco switches and pirated w2k/sbs2003. It allowed it to gain MCSA and get onto the operations career ladder where my employer had legit licenses.

I would bet good money the same applies to graphics people and Photoshop.

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Re:Piracy is not theft, Lost sales don't exist, says Minecra... by GoblinSlayer on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @03:15PM (#26333793)

Now they offer github, vscode, typescript, .net core, azure(?) and have a big foothold in webdev ecosystem. And Microsoft knows how to monetize it and is well equipped to pull it off. We see history repeating before our eyes.

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