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That is the correct answer.
Every time I hear of the whole idea, I imagine 72 people that are something of a cross between Richard Stallman and Garth (of Wayne's world) all clutching their Unix programming manuals. 
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and they'll all be there tuned up and ready to play when I go.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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Are you talking about the rockers or the virgins?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Are you talking about the rockers or the virgins?
Yes
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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If it's truly Heaven, then they're virgins no matter how many times you've hit it.
Giggidy!
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Not since Lemmy got there.
This space for rent
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9 Billion? not sure why this is shocking to me, but it is shocking to me.
"S. 2340 would amend federal laws related to managing the federal government’s licenses for information technology software. The bill would require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue a directive to each federal agency to develop a comprehensive policy for software licensing including a complete inventory of software licenses and to develop a mechanism to track, maintain, and analyze software use.
Most of the provisions of the bill would codify and expand current policies and practices of the federal government. OMB has reported that agencies spent about $9 billion in 2015 on software licenses. The Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) recently directed agencies to acquire and manage software in a more coordinated way. In addition, the Enterprise Software Category Team, managed by the General Services Administration, the Department of Defense, and OMB, is developing government-wide agreements for obtaining software licenses. Because such efforts to better manage software licenses are already underway, CBO estimates that the bill would not substantially change those efforts, and that implementing S. 2340 would have no significant net impact on the federal budget over the next five years. The bill could affect direct spending by agencies not funded through annual appropriations; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. CBO estimates, however, that any net change in spending by those agencies would not be significant. Enacting S. 2340 would not affect revenues."
S. 2340, MEGABYTE Act of 2015 | Congressional Budget Office[^]
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I think of it this way - that's $9 billion that is going into the economy from tax payers.
So taxpayers are supporting the creation of more jobs in the software industry as well as all the other associated businesses(all the sandwich shops, nurseries, garages, gyms etc. that are in the vicinity of where the software company people work).
This is all assuming that the software companies are US based.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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GuyThiebaut wrote: I think of it this way - that's $9 billion that is going into the economy from tax payers.
Right. I was also just thinking that 9 Billion divided by the price of Windows 10 Pro (unofficial government rate $150) is 60,000,000 copies of Windows or (unofficial government rate for Office 2016 $160) is 56,250,000 copies of Office 2016. 
[edit: oops I used 9 Million instead of 9 Billion so I fixed above to stop the replies , oh the replies  ]
modified 22-Apr-16 14:01pm.
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JoeSox wrote: Right. I was also just thinking that 9 Billion divided by the price of Windows 10 Pro (unofficial government rate $150) is 60,000,000 copies of Windows or (unofficial government rate for Office 2016 $160) is 56,250,000 copies of Office 2016.
FTFY
You calculated for 9 million not billion (which in the US is the same as Milliard[^] to some others)
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed."
- G.K. Chesterton
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No worries, just like me and that lander. Feet per second not meters per second. Doh!
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JoeSox wrote: 9 Billion divided by the price of Windows 10 Pro (unofficial government rate $150) is 60,000 copies of Windows
Er .. try ... 60 million copies!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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9082365 wrote: Er .. try ... 60 million copies!
lol, what did I do wrong? oops I divided by 6 million.
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What they fail to mention is that the effort to track the software licenses and purchases on such a scale will cost $11 billion to implement.
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How many software companies did this money go to?
I'm willing to bet that the bulk of it went to just two.
Follow the money, don't just look on in horror.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Gin is delicious. But, alas, not all delicious things are good for you.
Lies, lies, and more lies.
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Yeah. Cos we all know if you swallow collagen it goes straight to the skin around your eyes. I dunno who's worst. The morons that dream this stuff up or the morons that buy it!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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If the morons didn't buy it, the other morons wouldn't try selling it. So I say the buyers are worse.
Plus this stuff really does work, but it only lasts as long as you're drunk.
What do you mean that's just the blurry vision making the wrinkles harder to see? Bollocks!
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Shirley, if you eat or drink collagen, you'll just digest it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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If your dog loves his baths, is he a shampoodle?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Sham poo in the shower
Real poo in the toilet
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Hard stool in the bar.
Soft stool in the toilet.
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