 | Tommy-Cat just found a pirate copy of a software sequencer application. He didn't get any manuals so he does not know what the program can do and how to do it. Then, he abandoned this product to get another one the same way with the hope of getting better results. | |
| Billy-Cat downloaded a demo copy of a software sequencer product and after some days of use he discovered that it was what he wanted. After weighting the whole subject for a while he decided that the specific product was worth the money. He then started organizing his expenses and after a couple of weeks he was able to purchase it. |  |
 | Tommy-Cat is using a pirate copy of a software sampler application but he can't download any bonus software or any free upgrades. Moreover, he had also some compatibility problems but he could not contact the manufacturing company because he didn't have a valid customer key. | |
| Billy-Cat has received all bonuses and free upgrades for his own software. He easily solved any kind of technical problems by sending a couple of emails to manufacturing company. |  |
 | Tommy-Cat bought a pirate copy of a software product from an unknown vendor and then he discovered that he could not run the product at his own operating system, he just needed an upgrade. He also saw that the normal product had also a bonus CD with extra material that himself didn't have any kind of access to. | |
| Billy-Cat bought the original copy from a well-known vendor and he is enjoying full support and free answering to all possible questions he is going to have by trying to fully exploit the product. |  |
 | Tommy-Cat is afraid of publishing his music freely because he has been using pirate copies of music software products. He is not feeling good about the whole story : in general he is being restricted by using non-legal software. He wishes he had bought the products legally at first place. | |
| Billy-Cat has no problem publishing his music or anything else he wants. He is OK about using legal copies and he carefully manages his future buys. |  |
| Tommy-Cat has filled his hard disk with pirate copies and he is not using even 10% of them. He does not even know what each program is good at. | |
| Billy-Cat uses his entire software collection at almost 100% capability and he fully masters it even though he had to spend a little bit more time to accomplish it. | |
| Tommy-Cat is always complaining about software manufacturers' poor product quality, bugs, omissions, incompatibilities, high prices, poor documentation and low performance in general. | |
| Billy-Cat knows that whenever a serious problem occurs the manufacturer is going to assist him, give him instructions and always help him improve his performance. Billy-Cat is very satisfied from his cooperation with this company and advises everybody to purchase the original product. | |
| Tommy-Cat thinks whoever is buying original software is stupid and himself goes on trying every kind of pirate software he can lay his own hands on : he is spending so much time in this process that he cannot write good music any more. | |
| Billy-Cat eventually bought all software he really needed, learnt how to use it efficiently and now he is dealing with the difficult task of music composition without any other technical problems. | |
| Who is eventually the winner here ? | |
| Just think a bit about it ! | |
