racoma.com.phJ. Angelo Racoma on technology, economics, writing, problogging, and getting things done

From Pinoy.Tech.Blog:

The Business Software Alliance (BSA Philippines) is running a campaign aptly called the Oplan Crackdown:

All businesses engaged in the use and distribution of illegal software

are warned — you have 30 days to legalize your unlicensed software and

to stop selling pirated sofware.

Where will this lead to?  Will this be another empty threat carried out with loud words, but weak actions?

Why not give these software pirates the last chance to get software

licenses (and cash in on the converts)? It’s a win-lose proposition as

against a lose-lose agenda.

I agree.  Why not give discounts?

As long as software prices sold here are still based on western

standards (and by golly, most of the time even more expensive), then

Pinoys–who would rather spend their dwindling disposable incomes on

more pressing needs–would still opt for pirated copies.

If legit copies were to be sold in the vicinity of

PhP 500, then it would definitely be worth buying the real McCoy

instead of the bootlegged copy.

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