^ lol...no use as I think most guiz are pirates.
Those who'll be buying Windows and MS Office, would obviously keep a separate budget.
Personally, I use LibreOffice. It's free.
even if the pc is assembled by some local assembler, he'll load a ton of pirated crapware when better free alternates are available.
True 90 % in India will use pirated stuff so adding will not make sense.
OpenOffice.org for officeThere are better alternative for everything except MS Office & Windows.
Never seen a net cafe or school with genuine OS....I wouldn't have said this, but i think the statistics mentioned by you is completely wrong.
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99% of the Schools, Colleges, Research Labs, Hospitals, Railway Stations, Banks & Govt Offices are running with Genuine OS.
100% of the Private, Public Sector or Limited Companies are running with Genuine OS. If they are not running, then they must be well aware of the fact, what can be the worse situation.
Now coming to the general Public.
Most of the Laptop users [purchased within two-three year] are having Genuine OS ~ 60-70%.
Most of the Net Cafe's running in NCR are bound to have their Net Cafe Registered & have to use Genuine SW's or OS.
Lot of User are also big fan of Linux & other distros ~ 35-40%.
Now only the people left out in Small cities, villages or even people like us who wants to save money they use such methods.
One more thing, Un-Knowingly you use Pirated stuffs, to make money or save money that also is a crime, but when you do the same knowingly then it becomes a great crime.
There are better alternatives for everything except MS Office.There are better alternative for everything except MS Office & Windows.
Agreed.
But for home use Lotus Symphony is enough.
[OFFTOPIC}d3p5kor said:Pay a visit to US & carry a laptop with Pirated Stuff loaded, then you will feel the heat.
^ lol...no use as I think most guiz are pirates.
Those who'll be buying Windows and MS Office, would obviously keep a separate budget.
Personally, I use LibreOffice. It's free.
Me too.
^ Yes, that's true, but lets be the change & suggest them. Who know, we may end up changing the forum members attitude towards pirated OS/SW's atleast.
I feel the OS is a main Part just like any other Components, so why not to be suggested.