Malaysia cyber cafe
Sunday, September 11th, 2005after the happy fun fun moon cake festival at yitweng house, I tought will end my night happily, but yet this topic slap right on my face and tell me to get back to reality.
i was reading a discussion about the "cyber cafe woes", about the licensed software and the low interner charges at cyber cafe that really make them suffer and lots of CC also have end their business. mostly got caught by using pirated software and OS. Among them say the gourverment should lower the licensing to help up the cyber cafe to survive. because they are helping our children to expose to technology. they are helping the country to reach their 2020 vision. hahahhahaaha… CRAP!
lets look at reality, what have CC have done for our children. last time, kid steal money just to buy cigarrate, not aday kid steal money to go CC. some even ask money from their junior to go CC. so indirectly is CC creating more harms?
a guys from USM say he goes CC to do his work and resource on the net. but frankly, i dun think these kind of guys have more then 5% in the CC markets. alot of CC offer business services have closed down because of the high maintainance of software license, why? Because ppl just dun go CC to work. the choose to play.
Alot of CC boss have complain about the current gourverment raid about the software licensed. especially the microsoft OS. but have they think about the gourverment is helping them. why the internet fee is droping, it is cause by those pirated CC that want to get profit fast, they even allow kids to use computer to play games for only 15min(RM1). Some even come out with credits system to let the kids pay later, if not they will treanten them they will let their parents know. what is it? CC loan shark? what you think the kids will do to pay back…
i do think gourverment is doing it so to maintain the CC business market. if you allow those pirated CC to spoilt the market and reputation. no one will ever affort to even buy a copy of licensed software.