BSA's Crackdown of Illegal Software [Renamed]

[ghosthunter]

In regards to MS Office... you have an alternative: OpenOffice. its available for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, Mac & Solaris.

http://www.openoffice.org/

[silhouette]

eto..ayaw pahuli sa pinas...

DOLE to OFWs: Don’t bring pirated CDs abroad
(INQ7.net 09/15/05,Veronica Uy)

Bringing pirated compact discs (CDs) abroad could lead to arrest

BRINGING pirated compact discs (CDs) abroad could lead to arrest, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has warned overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs).
Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas issued the warning on Wednesday after a male OFW was arrested by police for carrying 32 pieces of fake or pirated CDs upon his arrival last month at the Dammam Airport in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Citing a report from welfare officer Danilo Flores of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Riyadh, Sto. Tomas said the OFW left the country on August 23 to work as secretary for a certain Mustabah Al Haider/Ramjen in Rahimah, Rastanura.
He is now detained at the Dammam Airport Jail, the labor chief said without naming the overseas worker.
“The POLO and the Philippine embassy in Riyadh together with the employer are negotiating with the Saudi authorities for his release,” Sto. Tomas said.
Flores said his office learned about the arrest through another OFW, a certain Ronaldo Pineda, who works as an X-ray technician at the Dammam Airport.
According to Pineda, the arrested OFW signed a document confessing that he had intended to sell the fake CDs in Saudi.
The Saudi police meted out a fine of 16,000 rials as a penalty for the confiscated illegal CDs. His employer, however, could only afford to pay 3,000 rials.
Pineda also said the OFW suffered a mild heart attack while in jail.

[gearspeed]

buti na lang orig ang windows xp pro ko..8,500 pa naman ang cd ng xp meron nakalagay na 1-2pc ang pwede sa isang cd ng windows xp ah..

[ghosthunter]

buti na lang orig ang windows xp pro ko..8,500 pa naman ang cd ng xp meron nakalagay na 1-2pc ang pwede sa isang cd ng windows xp ah..

your windows xp might be legit... how about your other softwares like MS Office, etc?

[Aquaman123]

Why not try Linux? then install OpenOffice and FireFox. All for free!!!!!

[boybi]

lahat ba ng softwares that runs in windows can also run in linux?

[Aquaman123]

lahat ba ng softwares that runs in windows can also run in linux?

Business apps than runs on M$ window ay may katapat na sotware than runs on Linux at libre pa

try mo ito: >>>>> http://freshmeat.net/browse/18/

ito business apps >>>> http://freshmeat.net/browse/129/

[boybi]

how about other softwares like games, graphics editors like corel, and pocket PC apps?

[Aquaman123]

how about other softwares like games, graphics editors like corel, and pocket PC apps?

Games ba kamo? try this >>>>> http://transgaming.org/gamesdb/

* Doom 3
* Battlefield 2
* Max Payne 2
* WarCraft III
* Guild Wars
* Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
* Mech Commander 2
* Counter-Strike: Source
* Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
* Sims 2, The
* World of Warcraft
* Star Wars: Empire At War
* Age of Empires III
.... at marami pang iba


Some of the M$ apps than runs on Linux:

Corel PHOTO-PAINT
Paint Shop Pro
Winamp
Microsoft Money
WinZip
Internet Explorer
Dreamweaver
* Microsoft Office XP, 2000 and 97
o Microsoft Word
o Microsoft Excel
o Microsoft PowerPoint
o Microsoft Outlook
o Microsoft Internet Explorer
* Microsoft Access *
* Microsoft Project
* Adobe Photoshop
* Microsoft Visio*
* Lotus Notes 5.0 and 6.5.1
* Quicken
* iTunes
* FrameMaker
* Various Web Browser Plugins
o QuickTime
o Shockwave Director
o Windows Media Player 6.4
* and more...
MS Visual C++
MS Visual FoxPro
MS Access
MS Office & Office Viewer
Adobe Photoshop 7
Illustrator 9
Acrobat Reader 5.1,
DCOM98
Windows Core Fonts
.... at marami pang iba

click the following link for more:
http://www.winehq.org/site?ss=1
http://frankscorner.org/
http://www.codeweavers.com/site/products/cxoffice/?ad=4
http://www.win4lin.com/content/view/64/125/

Haaaaay ang dami talaga!

Kaya mga tsikoteers lipat na kayo sa Linux!!!!
Siguradong walang raid!!! hehehehe

[Aquaman123]

Kung ayaw nyo ng linux then hintay pa kayo ng ilang buwan at pwede mo nang palitan XP mo (pirated o hindi) ng Apple MacOS

[BoEinG_747]

Labor Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas issued the warning on Wednesday after a male OFW was arrested by police for carrying 32 pieces of fake or pirated CDs upon his arrival last month at the Dammam Airport in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi police meted out a fine of 16,000 rials as a penalty for the confiscated illegal CDs. His employer, however, could only afford to pay 3,000 rials.
Pineda also said the OFW suffered a mild heart attack while in jail.

note: 1 riyals = 15 Php


32 pirated CDs

500 riyals for each pirated CD

500 riyals x 32 pirated CD = 16,000 Riyals



16,000 riyals = 240,000 Php

wwhheeewww...

isang 2nd hand na Kotse presyo nito

[JAYarc]

pwede ren mandrake10 balita ko user friendly ang pag install nito..saan kaya meron

[Elroi]

Regarding kung ire-raid ng NBI pati PC home users... got this from another site...

take note, di lang ito sa mga shops!!!! grrr!!!!!!!!!!!

kanina, 10:4?am September 17, 2005, may kumatok sa house namin at tinanong kung may pc daw kami. medyo formal looking yung nagtanong (3 sila) at kinabahan ako so sabi ko bakit. Tinanong nya ko kung alam ko daw yung rule ng NBI at Microsoft sa piracy.

Sabi ko oo alam ko, bakit. Nag ask ng permission yung lalaki kung pwede daw ma check yung pc namin (di ko pa sinasabi na meron kami). I don't trust easily kaya sabi ko magintay sila sa labas kasi wala kong tiwala sa kanila, they showed NBI ID's pero sabi ko wala silang warrant at di sila pwede mag force ng entry. After locking the gate eh kinuha ko laptop ko (para orig software) and showed it to them... they checked the sticker and asked kung pwede daw pumasok para ma check kung may other pc daw kami aside from the laptop. Sabi ko nalang na wala na pero sabi nung lalaki na parang imposible ata yun na may laptop kami pero walang pc. Sa inis ko eh tinawag ko dad ko at sya kumausap. Sinabihan nya na magdala daw ng warrant or formal letter at papakainin pa daw niya sila ng lunch sa bahay.

Yung dalawang pc namin uses XP Pro na pirated. Bka gawin ko nalang LINUX ang os nung isa para kung sakali eh walang masabi NBI. Siguro malaki kinikita nila from Microsoft to make operations like that. Btw, taga QC kami, and sabi nung mga neighbors namin pati daw sila tinanong at umamin na may pc using windows as os (pero di din nila pinapasok kc trespassing yun). Sabi ko nlang na paltan nila kagad yung os nila kung pirated or itago ang pc nila.

Please take proper care guys... kung totoong they'll confiscate pc's eh that's BULL$#!t!

yaikks... if this is true, di lang mga business and offices target nila pati home user.. punta lang sila sa isang middle class subdivision, sigurado 90% ng owners ay may PC sa bahay...

[seung]

Hehe, kawawa naman yung mga hindi marunong sa batas. Baka kapag nasita mangatog, sabay amin at papasok sa agents. Kapag wala silang warrant, hindi na dapat sila nagtatangkang magbahay bahay. Alam naman nila batas eh.

2 laptops gamit ko at parehong orig OS. So, sorry nalang sila. Che!

[BoyFerrari]

Mazdamazda, I'm not a lawyer but I don't think any government agent or police officer can enter your private home without a search warrant.

If you can wantonly invade any innocent person's house to search for fake Windows, then you can use the same argument to invade any innocent person's house to search for drugs or firearms. It's a violation of human rights, unless we are under martial law.

Before an NBI agent can obtain a search warrant, the NBI must prove to the judge that there is reasonable cause to believe that the house they are invading is a safehouse relevant to the commission of a crime. You cannot just ask a judge for a search warrant to invade any house you want without probable cause.

You don't even have to continue holding a conversation with a supposed to be NBI Agent asking you questions whether you have a computer or not. Just tell him: "if you have no search warrant then it's none of your business - end of conversation. Goodbye".

[jeff]

buti na lang may linspire/knoppix live cd ako puwede ko i boot from cd. hehehe!

[BlueBimmer]

Mazdamazda, I'm not a lawyer but I don't think any government agent or police officer can enter your private home without a search warrant.

If you can wantonly invade any innocent person's house to search for fake Windows, then you can use the same argument to invade any innocent person's house to search for drugs or firearms. It's a violation of human rights, unless we are under martial law.

Before an NBI agent can obtain a search warrant, the NBI must prove to the judge that there is reasonable cause to believe that the house they are invading is a safehouse relevant to the commission of a crime. You cannot just ask a judge for a search warrant to invade any house you want without probable cause.

You don't even have to continue holding a conversation with a supposed to be NBI Agent asking you questions whether you have a computer or not. Just tell him: "if you have no search warrant then it's none of your business - end of conversation. Goodbye".

yep my thoughts exactly, malaking gulo yan barging in on private homes.

[boybi]

ni-raid yung state university namin dito a few days ago. puro pirated windows ang OS. umabot daw ng millions yung fine. yung ibang schools naman tinago mga PC

[BlueBimmer]

dto naman mga 80% of internet cafes stayed closed for a few days, kahit ngaun closed pa rin. talagang guilty puro pirated kc

[number001]

My, my!, Microsoft has some really good lobbyists at the US gov't (which in turn threatens high piracy countries like the Philippines, China, etc with serious trade sanctions)!

These software firms like to "cook" a ridiculously high amount of taxes lost by the gov't to piracy. Obviously, the situation is usually blown out of proportions to put budget/financial deprived countries like the Philippines (obviously hungry for more tax to siphon and getting lots of flack from big brother, Uncle Sam) to allocate more and more of their strained NBI and PNP units to hunt piracy instead of combating more serious crimes or national issues such as the trade of prohibited substances (narcotics, drugs, etc), terrorism, kidnappings, frauds, youth deliquency, etc and the list goes on.

If Micosoft is so paranoid of piracy and why doesn't it just put some SERIOUS countermeasures into its software to prevent piracy? It has taken the step already with the retail version of Windows XP, which matches specific hardware components to a CD key.