>I did not say/imply "irrelevant".

Maybe I'm lost, maybe you are, but here it goes, starting with you:

>>>>get a feel for the difference between property composed of atoms and that of digits. It IS different literally and in it's implications.
>>>Ok, so you're saying that the analogy of Ford letting people steal cars off of their lots is not relevant here?
>>You're "analogy" is already deeply screwed. &&&& Which I thought I predicted that you'd say that
>Like I said right before that, you'd say its irrelevant there.
Nope.

A deeply screwed analogy doesn't equal an irrelevant one? If thats what you're getting pissed over, sorry.

>The subtlety that escapes you is in the "billions lost" phrases, as if atoms vs. digits (and you're apparent inability to distiguish between them) made no difference.

Actually, I understood exactly what you were trying to say, but I'm didn't realise you were privy to inside MS information, like, how much it cost to develop Windows XP which the pirater pays no part of, how much marketing money is wasted when someone decides to simply crack XP when they need it, how complex the code is and what the code is actually worth, how much it costs to test so the pirater can be assured quaility software but at no cost. I didn't realise you were in a position to claim what Windows XP is actually worth to teh consumer and to Microsoft itself.