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I think it depends on how expensive your software is, and who makes the 'decision'. I've seen thousands of WinZip installs go unlicensed for years. I doubt an
by count 16y ago
I think it depends on how expensive your software is, and who makes the 'decision'.
I've seen thousands of WinZip installs go unlicensed for years.
I doubt anybody pirates Oracle for business use though.
- nadam 16y agoThanks. My software is somewhere in-between: Both its price and its 'importance for the business' is somewhere between WinZip and Oracle.
- qeorge 16y agoSame experience here, but consider this: WinZip will work forever without being licensed. Oracle makes you buy a new license for every core. Part of it might be the cost of the software, but pirating Oracle is also much harder than pirating WinZip.
- someone_here 16y agoActually Corel just changed winzip to stop working after 60 days and saw a sales increase of 20%.
- count 16y agoI always wondered how they made any money - then I did some work for the US DoD. Nearly every desktop has a licensed copy of WinZip! My new firm has WinZip licenses as well - while Windows can do zip files natively now, it still cannot (as far as I know?) encrypt them natively.