Comments on: What happens when you ask a software pirate for Ubuntu?

By: Adrian

Adrian — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:07:48 +0000

is there a pirate version for ubuntu?

By: AMAMH

AMAMH — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:55:36 +0000

I agree with Pablo

By: Pablo

Pablo — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:06:36 +0000

You don’t get it.

The spammer was very SMART.

By giving him the download link, being helpful, and telling him that the software wasn’t going to cost him nothing (that means: “I won’t scam you”), he has proven to him that he is “”legit”" and trustworthy.

Now, you’d probably contact him in the future when you’ll want to buy a pirate software

By: Inara

Inara — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:25:46 +0000

Holy fsckin hell.. reading the comments and I find anti-foss jacktards being rude on your own, out of the way little blog. And insinuating that freesoftware is “ruining the economy”. Wow.

So I guess I’ll just blame the people helping SMBs to afford to buy their equipment vs. pay extremely bloated amounts of money for a simple OS and officesuite. It has nothing to do with hundreds of millions of copies of overpriced bloatware… or playing witchdoctor with imaginary billions of dollars being loaned back an forth to no one in a so-called trade market.

No, lets blame anything near us we can that threatens a dollar in our pocket… and when things get worse, we can get violent about it… like the people beating up “foreigners” down the street cause they dress funny.

Why are these backwards asshats even reading this blog? I expect these self-made schills to inhabit the slime covered comments of zdnet, but why here? Are they -that- bored? Or maybe… you’re just too popular *laughs*. Good luck in Austin, and hope we get a good review of Ubuntu 8.10 soon… Released before the election.. OMG! they’ll blame Ubuntu for their candidate not getting in! RunAway!

By: stabbim

stabbim — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:27:22 +0000

Dude, working for Certain Affinity? That rocks. I don’t suppose there’s any need for an assistant Ninja?

What with the people flaming this post? It was a funny idea that got an unexpected result.

By: Zero Hour

Zero Hour — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:17:02 +0000

So you mean if I ask for Ubuntu, I’ll land a job in Austin? I wish I had stayed in Austin a month ago. I was there for 3 months as a contractor and hate that kind of work but there’s so much business and money and oppurtunity there it’s sick. Apple this Hp that Sun this Dell that blah.. Have fun!

By: wilco

wilco — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:20:33 +0000

Try to understand. The guy is not used to be asked for things nobody wants

By: Visitor

Visitor — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:03:56 +0000

Well, one point in your post is certainly correct: if this is your idea of humour then you really *are* the village idiot.

Here’s another great prank that I have heard of:
Call someone on the telephone, or email them, or even ask them in person, the following question: “Is your refrigerator running?” When they reply “Yes” that is your cue to respond “Well you better go and catch it!”

I KNEW that you’d like that one!

By: Keoni

Keoni — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:29:18 +0000

Umm… that guy is probably not a pirate inasmuch as he is selling OEM software. For example, you buy a new computer and it comes with a copy of Quicken. Legally, the EULA of that software states that it can only be installed on the original hardware that it shipped with. But a lot of people sell these copies on the graymarket. It’s not illegal to sell them, but it is illegal for the buyers to install them.

But this wasn’t a blatant scam artist. If we was, he would have been trying to sell you Ubuntu for $29.95 a CD. I thought he handled the whole very nicely, actually.

By: Vadim P.

Vadim P. — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:44:19 +0000

Um, I didn’t think it was a joke on him at all. I thought he acted quite well.