I recently came across an article by one member of Tokyo Linux User Group here. It strongly suggested that piracy is cause that most people don't adopt open-source. I realized that Piracy is in fact one of the strongest reason halting adoption of Linux even after its doing much better than other softwares. Atleast this has been true in my observation. Rarely have a found a person running original piece of software, except when it came from an OEM.
What do you think?
a) Piracy is true, and it is actively stopping adoption of Linux/Ubuntu/Opensource near my neighborhood.
b) Piracy is true, but it doesnot contributes significantly to reasons why people don't adopt Linux/Ubuntu/Opensource. Infact it is more ease of use,etc etc
c) I haven't observerd piracy in great deal, and it must be something happening elsewhere
d) Others(Please specify)
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