SOFTWARE PIRACY COMMON.There is a 70% rate of software piracy The illegal copying of software for distribution within the organization, or to friends, clubs and other groups, or for duplication and resale. The software industry loses billions of dollars each year to piracy, and although it may seem innocent enough to install an application on a in the Caribbean region, said George Gobin, Territory Manager for Microsoft Eastern Caribbean, reports CMC (Common Messaging Calls) A programming interface specified by the XAPIA as the standard messaging API for X.400 and other messaging systems. CMC is intended to provide a common API for applications that want to become mail enabled. 1. (Oct. 3, 2001). "We also have a report from Price Waterhouse that out of every 10 copies of software in use, seven are illegal," Gobin said. Regional Manager for Microsoft (Caribbean) Rick Marcet said that existing legislation in the Caribbean generally only offered protection to music, visual Arts visual arts npl → artes fpl plásticas visual arts npl → arts mpl plastiques visual arts npl → and literature. In Guyana, a pirated copy of Microsoft Office can be purchased for as little as US$50. A news conference was called to announce the formation of Microsoft Eastern Caribbean (MSEC msec abbr. millisecond ) which will be based in Trinidad, where Microsoft has maintained a branch office since 1988. Consolidating a six-year old partnership, Infotech Caribbean Is teaming up with MSEC to serve the Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Guyana, Suriname and the Eastern Caribbean except the British and U.S. Virgin Islands and the French West Indies French West Indies: see West Indies. . Copyright 2001 |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion