Monday, July 26, 2004

Musharraf's statement

Our dear Musharaf told Intel wallas that: "Pakistan has a fast-growing market for computer and other information technology related products, saying economic measures and policies have resulted in an investment-friendly environment in the country." No word on piracy there.

2 comments:

Zunaira said...

You are able to afford legal software? Please quote your source, the software you bought and the price you bought it at. It would be a good example for some of our readers.

I honestly cannot see students purchasing any software over 500 Rs. So I disagree with you on its affordability.

I support Open Source BUT you do not have any dedicated development for freeware or linux-based software in Pakistan, targeting the average consumer. There's so much on the Net already and Spider is featuring it regularly, but how many people bother to download?

Spider has run several articles on piracy, covering all sides of the debate and will continue to do so.

Corporations MUST price their product according to the market. That is unavoidable if they want people to use registered software. I use a registered copy of XP because it came with my notebook. Would I go out and purchase it from MS? Sure. Are they pricing it according to my budget?

MK said...

well codebox i would not agree in full with you here. when you say that buying windows xp is similar to buying a processor thats not the case. When you shop for something as a consumer you look for best buy dont you. and when you buy a processor you go for the one which suites your requirements and your purse. right. similalry for anyone to buy windows 5500 in pakistan is not a healthy deal. What do you expect froma nation that earns 400 dollars per capita.
I would some blame on the multinationals as well. they over price their products. ppl cant afford them.
and then again piracy is not hindering th eprogress of IT in Paistan. i would say it is helping us further it in a way by providing access in every home and to every genius brain in the country who wants to put in the input.
Tell me would you like it that a competent brain is deprived of all the technology just because he cant afford to buy it.
its like asking someone to not eat coz he is black in colour. isnt it.