Another classic case of what I have said a few times already. Millions being poured into protecting copyrights and soforth and not one organisation that sticks up for the users.

This type of tactic seems to be common use now. First you create a product, flood the market with it by literally handing it away as much as you can. Then when your product has established itself you send in the armies of lawyers and squeeze. Microsoft did it back when they were literally giving away copies of MS-Dos and Windows, the GIF fiasco is another example and Mp3 is going the same way. And each and every time the users in the end are the ones who are worse off.

Don't get me wrong, I believe strongly in protecting the revenue and livelyhood of people who program good software for a living. But this is defenitly not about that. This is about companies deliberatly creating these situations because they know that this is a much quicker way to generate large revenue then actually working up a product through conventional means in a competative arena.

Cheers,
Hans


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