By+Alberto+Castillo+Gutierrez

Alberto Castillo #3 Technology 8 “A” Piracy Blog April 6, 2011 Piracy effect in our lives Hadn’t piracy occurred in a situation like that of Xerox with the GUI, today we would not have such an advantage in our computers. Things like this revolutionized technology in a form never before seen. Now a person fortunately does not need to be an expert coder to be able to enjoy the advantages of a computer. In another situation, Microsoft completely plagiarized Apple’s ideas and their creations in new personal and graphic computers. Hadn’t this happened, Apple, which we all know has very costly computers would dominate the market making it close to impossible for lower class people to buy their own personal computer. Now, from the GUI piracy there was an amazing outcome that now developed into personal, portable, and wearable devices that have the power of laptops in the palm of one’s hand. The GUI made very innovative things possible, even if it was piracy; it had some of the most important impacts in modern technology so the fact that it was originally piracy should be ignored. It is most definitely pointless if Microsoft stole from Apple, or Apple stole from Xerox, we all benefited from that and that is more important than the actual stealing and copying that went on with such companies when they were developing their first personal computers.

1.The unauthorized reproduction or use of a copyrighted book, recording, television program, patented invention, trademarked product, etc.: //The record industry is beset withpiracy. // "Piracy | Define Piracy at Dictionary.com." // Dictionary.com | Free Online Dictionary for English Definitions //. Web. 06 Apr. 2011. .

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