Goodbye to pirated Windows and Office: a country [Vietnam] sets fines of up to 1 billion in local currency [Vietnamese dong = ~$38,000], and PC users should pay attention

alessandro ( alessandro@lemmy.ca ) · 3 months ago

Pxtl ( Pxtl@lemmy.ca ) · 3 months ago

I have trouble taking piracy enforcement seriously from any company involved in AI tech.

Midnitte ( Midnitte@beehaw.org ) · 3 months ago

Piracy is only ok if you do it on a big enough scale

Uncle_Ben ( Uncle_Ben@fedinsfw.app ) · 3 months ago

A billion dongs!?

Davel23 ( Davel23@fedia.io ) · 3 months ago

In a row?

Midnitte ( Midnitte@beehaw.org ) · 3 months ago

All the more reason to use Linux and OnlyOffice or LibreOffice

passenger ( passenger@sopuli.xyz ) · 3 months ago

OnlyOffice is an enemy of free software.

I would recommend LibreOffice for local use and NextCloud collabora for hosted.

Alvaro ( Alvaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) · 3 months ago

Terrible…

Year of the linux desktop here we come!

SpikesOtherDog ( SpikesOtherDog@ani.social ) · 3 months ago

My go-to is to install and see if Microsoft activated it themselves. It’s pretty common for enterprise equipment to have a built-in license.

If not, I sell as-is and suggest the user buy a third party license, if they want one.

87Six ( 87Six@lemmy.zip ) · 3 months ago

Great thread to plug massgrave.dev/

BaraCoded ( BaraCoded@literature.cafe ) · 3 months ago

[Smooth linuxian whispers]