What % of your software isnt pirated?

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*thinks*

You know what? I actually don't have any pirated software on my home PCs. :Q

Then again, I really don't have much on there at all. :p

- M4H
 
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100% legit... desktop and laptop came with legal windows. other boxes run linux. most software is free/open-source. rest of the software is licensed for free coz its offered by the school (including a lot of microsoft stuff like windows and visual studio, sadly no office).
 

SketchMaster

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Aw crap, I was only thinking of my PC when I answered the poll. My Mac is like 90% Pirated, Only thing I paid for was the OS and that was because I had a student discount.

I would say around 20% if I had to guess.


I need to read more.
 

dwcal

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Originally posted by: Drakkon
in college 100% was pirated...now that i have a job and money to pay for stuff i'm 100% non-pirated
Come on. You must've had some freeware or open source. Mozilla? LAME? Winamp?
 

tfinch2

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Originally posted by: dwcal
Originally posted by: Drakkon
in college 100% was pirated...now that i have a job and money to pay for stuff i'm 100% non-pirated
Come on. You must've had some freeware or open source. Mozilla? LAME? Winamp?

What difference would that make? It's free...

:confused:
 

Demon-Xanth

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Office: I use freeware
mIRC: paid for
Opera: paid for
Firefox:freeware
Nero: paid for
CDex: free
GIMP: free
Easyzip: free (the version I have)
7-zip: free
Winamp: free
 

dwcal

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Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: dwcal
Originally posted by: Drakkon
in college 100% was pirated...now that i have a job and money to pay for stuff i'm 100% non-pirated
Come on. You must've had some freeware or open source. Mozilla? LAME? Winamp?

What difference would that make? It's free...

:confused:
Well, it's free and legal. That's all.
 

HamburgerBoy

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About 99.9% legit. I've heard that System Shock 2 isn't actually legal to download, so that's what prevents me from a perfect score.
 

EatSpam

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Originally posted by: JEDI
i predict that most people here have only paid for games, since you need the code to play multiplayer.

All my software is legit. The Microsoft Action Pack kicks ass, as does OSS.
 

Drakkon

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Originally posted by: dwcal
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Originally posted by: dwcal
Originally posted by: Drakkon
in college 100% was pirated...now that i have a job and money to pay for stuff i'm 100% non-pirated
Come on. You must've had some freeware or open source. Mozilla? LAME? Winamp?

What difference would that make? It's free...

:confused:
Well, it's free and legal. That's all.

lol well in college all i used was ie and on a pirated OS...well...
and for music well, if your playing pirated music through winamp...doesn't it kinda absorb the illegality? :p
 

Shlong

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Only a couple, but 95% of the stuff if I like I'll buy (except for the ones that cost thousands of dollars) & If I don't I uninstall it anyways.