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Subject: Re: What's the Percentage of people here that are into Software piracy?

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 17:55:34 06/11/03

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On June 11, 2003 at 20:07:59, Jerry Winters wrote:

>  I'm doing a College research paper on Software piracy, i was wondering if
>anyone could guess the percentage of people that visit this site, who use
>illegal chess software on their computer? Any guesses? Based on visiting RGGC
>and other sites i was guess about 90% is that reasonable?

That's not how we used to college research papers.   Rather than asking us what
we think or guess - survey the people and ask then yourself.  I think it would
make a great research paper - if done properly.

Some basic questions:

How do your rate your morality on a scale of 1 to 10. - 1 being without morals,
10 being a Catholic priest  nun who dos not smoke, drink, steal,  molest
children or has a lot of money.  ... On second thought,   better make that just
the nuns.

(joke before anybody gets upset)

etc. A series of question about their own morality and their friends' morality.

Followed up by questioning themselves on their and their friends' illegal chess
software cache.

The truth will be what people say about their friends and not themselves.


Best ,

Michael



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