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Originally posted by Bobbin Threadbare@Jan 17 2006, 03:43 PM
@rlbell: Ever hear of borrow from someone. Or pi-rate pi-rate pi-rate pi-rate. We didn't pay for any of our Win OS's nor did we get Office free. This stuff was mostly borrowed.
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Why would I violate copyright to get a product that I have no use for?
Linux is free to use and install, runs dosbox just fine; although, my being shackled to a 28.8 connection means that i cannot easily get all of the libraries to run dosbox on the linux side of my dual boot system, so I play my old games with Win98SE (the software and license came with the computer and my wife and I were only just starting our linux migration).
The only thing that I actually need Win98 for is running my archiving software. After two too many hard drive failures, I spent the money for a professional disk imaging suite, and it works with linux disk partitions, too.
Besides, Bill Gates likes it if you pirate his software. It means that you will not try anything else, and that you are more likely to buy his software when circumstances prevent you from just pirating.