well done tv3

Stark

They've just annouced in their report on software piracy that "you need a licence to use a computer just as you need a licence to drive a car"

aidan_walsh

/me beats head off table...

Matt Simis

I didnt see the report, but on some levels its similar, you need a license to drive a car legally, much like you need a license to use Windows on your PC legally...


Matt

po0k

www.gnu.org

po0k

Originally posted by doodle_sketch
/me beats head off table...

exactly

Stark

Was almost expecting the dim-witted one to say "Well I've got my ECDL, how about you?" at the end

The Real B-man

Originally posted by doodle_sketch
/me beats head off table...

What about poor people who cant afford MS prices on software they make millions every day

(my software is lijit)

aidan_walsh

I'm not talking about software licenses... It sounded like it was implied in the report that you have to be licensed to actually sit in front of the thing and use it...

And if people can't afford the software, there are often plenty of viable alternatives if they just look... Unfortunatly the general populous seem to be aware of only one brand...

Dempsey

Originally posted by Stark
They've just annouced in their report on software piracy that "you need a licence to use a computer just as you need a licence to drive a car"

Dont need a licence to drive a car out the back or rally it around a field Still Driving......

As for Software licences :rolleyes:

Spunog UIE

classic simpsons ep. but dad you don't have your licence, noooooo let me try... IT still WORKS!

don't think i'm dreaming that one up :D

bizmark

I have 3 installs of xp 1 home and 2 pro and i have the licence for them all

Well only home

Stark

Dont need a licence to drive a car out the back or rally it around a field

Really? What about insurance? :eek:

(I know your statement was probably a joke, but I'm really desperate to start learning to drive I'd believe anything, and it's going to take me forever to get prov. licence and a fortune to get insurance ).

RobertFoster

Originally posted by Stark
Really? What about insurance? :eek:

(I know your statement was probably a joke, but I'm really desperate to start learning to drive I'd believe anything, and it's going to take me forever to get prov. licence and a fortune to get insurance ).

you don't need a licence to drive on private property - insurance only covers you if you hit something...so don't hit a tree or something in said field....also make sure you own the field, or the owner would be held responsible if you damage something (yourself)

though, the best way to learn to drive is via a driving school/lessons IMO...

Originally posted by doodle_sketch
Unfortunatly the general populous seem to be aware of only one brand...

I overheard a conversation:

girl1: I'm getting a PC from Dell
girl2: make sure it has microsoft, it's the best
girl1: no, I heard windows was better
me: :eek:

Capt'n Midnight

Microsoft have been caught illegally forcing PC makers to pay a royalty for EVERY machine they sold. Nowadays almost all big brand name PC's have windows OEM bundled on them.

Does anyone have figures for numbers of PC's sold with windows Vs. no of successful windows refunds ?

Point being - the vast majority of machines have licences to run windows - with their fancy stickers etc.

Anyway the licence you need to drive a computer is called an ECDL D'Oh

BTW: head over to www.openoffice.org - 1.1.2 is out now

(you need a license to have a dog - but anyone can have a child - by which we can infer..)

aidan_walsh

Originally posted by RobertFoster

I overheard a conversation:

girl1: I'm getting a PC from Dell
girl2: make sure it has microsoft, it's the best
girl1: no, I heard windows was better
me: :eek:

I know I'm going to get a kicking for this, but for me the key word there is "girl"... I'm assuming they were secondary school types?

l3rian

"you need a licence to use a computer just as you need a licence to drive a car"

that sentence is fine for the tv3 news target audience

hostyle

Originally posted by doodle_sketch
I'm not talking about software licenses... It sounded like it was implied in the report that you have to be licensed to actually sit in front of the thing and use it...

It _should_ be required. There are too many morons out there.

Stephen

Where I work all our new machines come from dell with our customised Windows 2000 pro build preinstalled. (We have a corporate volume licence for Win2k)
For some reason all the new machines come with shiny windows XP professional licence keys stuck to them.

Capt'n Midnight

Originally posted by Stephen
For some reason all the new machines come with shiny windows XP professional licence keys stuck to them.

That's because the license is NON-TRANSFERRABLE - which explains in part my insistance that most PC's out there already have a windows license.

RobertFoster

Originally posted by doodle_sketch
I know I'm going to get a kicking for this, but for me the key word there is "girl"... I'm assuming they were secondary school types?

college types - all she wanted the computer was for word, I wish she would have told me this, I could have flogged her my old one...

Cake Fiend

Originally posted by hostyle
It _should_ be required. There are too many morons out there.

Amen!

Hmm, I wonder does having an ECDL make you less prone to crashes?

Tom Dunne

Groan.


That was terrible. And stupid. Everybody knows nothing is going to stop you from crashing when using Windows.

Unless the Windows were made from perspex.

















Sorry.

Capt'n Midnight

Originally posted by tom dunne
That was terrible. And stupid. Everybody knows nothing is going to stop you from crashing when using Windows.

There are enough bad drivers out there already..

Webmonkey

Some bad drivers can do illegal operations. Be careful out there :ninja:

po0k

a slow painful death would be too good for the likes of you 4.

Dabh, I'm surprised. I thought you were better then that.

Matt Simis

Originally posted by SyxPak
www.gnu.org

I looked around there, couldnt find the link to where I can download Windows?

What I was referring to was that for the vast majority of home users and their PCs, a (SW) license is required to use the PC.



Matt

leeroybrown

Originally posted by Stark
Really? What about insurance?

That gives me an idea. A mandatory insurance requirement for all Microsoft software users.

TV3 news can be a bit short on the clue factor at times. I remember them ringing a friend's workplace to ask for a comment on something at the last minute because they had missed the entire story and only found out about by watching RTE news.

Capt'n Midnight

Originally posted by leeroybrown
That gives me an idea. A mandatory insurance requirement for all Microsoft software users.

Since most of the spam and viruses originate there they'd need third party too..