Unfortunately, software is still a weird concept for the common
mwananchi to comprehend. Hardware is physical and you can touch it and
it can even be stolen.

Software on the other hand is like a ghost...

When you open your office in the morning, after the thieves have left,
you will exclaim MY COMPUTER HARDWARE HAVE BEEN STOLEN ! but you will
not exclaim MY HARDWARE, WINDOWS XP, COREL DRAW AND OFFICE 2007 HAS
BEEN STOLEN !

This might sound as if I am ignorant, but just try to explain what
software is to a kawaida earthling and or better yet to your
grandmother... Once they get the concept, try to explain to them why
they should pay $100 for a "ghost" that is already available for
free...

Timo.

On 11/28/11, Brian Ngure <brian@pixie.co.ke> wrote:
> I use free software. Gimp, Sharpdevelop, CDBurnerXP, Libreoffice, etc on
> Windows. The only thing that is paid for is the Windows OS.
>
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Kago Kagichiri
> <thekenyanprince@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I don't use legitimate software. Many programmers out there don't. However
>> where we can (and feel moved to do so) smaller stolen gems from the
>> internet e.g. website templates can be paid for once they have made the
>> programmer money. Don't see myself paying for Dreamweaver any time soon
>> though.
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Mbugua Njihia
>> <mbugua@symbiotic.co.ke>wrote:
>>
>>> Do you pay for the software that you use? If not…why? Are the avenues to
>>> do so lacking? Do you perceive the value derived as less than the asking
>>> price?
>>>
>>> Share your thoughts and comments here - http://bit.ly/srpXlw
>>>
>>> Information technology has been seen as the sector that will in the
>>> coming decade create thousands of jobs by way of birthing new companies
>>> to
>>> exploit new niches, providing tools that enable access to a hither to
>>> unreachable market segment and the export of services through
>>> outsourcing.
>>> As we get excited by the new opportunities we must pay close attention to
>>> the accompanying issues that we have in the past let slip by silently.
>>>
>>> As we start to create our own services {think beyond IT here…the arts,
>>> music, creative, manufacturing } and build platforms that we hope to sell
>>> to consumers, we start to encounter terms such as Intellectual Property
>>> which often elicit fear as we do not want our IP rights to be abused and
>>> /
>>> or our work stolen.
>>> If this be the case, why is it then that we feel it is ok to infringe on
>>> the rights of others by blatantly disregarding their intellectual
>>> property
>>> by way of using software without commensurate compensation to its
>>> creator?
>>>
>>> Share your thoughts and comments here - http://bit.ly/srpXlw
>>>
>>>
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