Microsoft Corp. was never quite that simple in its approach, but today, the Redmond giant is on the offensive. The easy target is the classic boogeyman of the software industry: piracy.
Piracy is indeed a bad thing. It cheats those who’ve created something valuable out of their rightful compensation. My theory has always been if it’s good enough to use, it’s good enough to pay for. On the other hand, software used to be the cheapest part of a PC purchase, often accounting for a small fraction of the total system cost. Today the software you run probably costs more than the hardware.
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