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> If we didn’t have these laws, we couldn’t have a software economy. It would be nearly impossible to make a living as a software engineer. Considering that th
by mopsi 4y ago
> If we didn’t have these laws, we couldn’t have a software economy. It would be nearly impossible to make a living as a software engineer.
Considering that this was made more than a decade after Microsoft stopped selling Windows XP, I fail to see how playing around with such abandonware would destroy software companies. What a ridiculous hyperbole.
If anything, it's a good example of IP laws being disproportionally in favor of IP holders. Microsoft is already one of the richest companies on the planet, how much more penny pinching must we bear?
- CyberRabbi 4y ago> Microsoft is already one of the richest companies on the planet, how much more penny pinching must we bear? You’re not entitled to Microsoft’s property regardless of the amount of money they have.
- account42 4y agoWe are not talking about property here, we are talking about information. And it is not Microsoft's but belongs to everyone. Microsoft has only been granted a temporary monopoly over this information in order to incentivize them to create more.