I recently felt the urge to stop using pirated software. 90% of the software I use is pirated. to make it worse, we have five (5) PCS in our Cyber cafe which uses pirated copy of Windows 7 and Office 2007.
I was able to find alternative open source applications software that are fair enough but I am hooked in getting cheap windows 7 for five (5) PCs.
Let for me, I would have gladly converted my Laptop to Linux but I run a mini cyber cafe, and their is need to use what people are used to in public places.
I want reformat everything with legal copies and free/open source applications. I can also afford office 365 per year for five (5) PCS

PLEASE don't judge or condemn me. just comment if you have any good advise and alternative way out for me.

Thank you.

ur free!

Don't we have people using genuine software on Nairaland? what of Cyber Cafes?
Any help will be appreciated.

thanks.

The truth is that software piracy is theft.
What I am looking for is a genuine cheaper way of buying software. maybe a promo/auction website.
I know alot of people here are not using pirated software. eg Seun.

21k for software ni




Isn't the owner a billionaire already abegi how much fairly used lappy dey cost lol

NnamdiN: 21k for software ni




Isn't the owner a billionaire already abegi how much fairly used lappy dey cost lol

60K for my fairy used toshiba corei3 wit 500gb and 4gb ram.
Call me if ur interested
08031936051

ikecinho:


60K for my fairy used toshiba corei3 wit 500gb and 4gb ram.
Call me if ur interested
08031936051

was a rhetorical question bro I need lappy sha. Can't afford 60k now. If u would consider 40k Lemme know.

Seun na our regular customer for Computer Village.

I doubt. maybe in the past, not now.

NnamdiN: was a rhetorical question bro I need lappy sha. Can't afford 60k now. If u would consider 40k Lemme know.

Bro I can't sell it 40k.
55k is last ,I think I have tried for you,the laptop is corei3 and very neat.
U can check the price on jumia its 84and that's d prices I bought it last month.

The following tips are for the average user and not the OP:

The first step is to buy a laptop or a branded desktop. Every laptop or branded desktop comes with a free copy of Windows 7 or Windows 8, properly licensed and free of charge.

The next step is to search for the best open source softwares that do the things that you need. If you're a software developer like me, this is easy. Just pick an excellent open source language like Python and an open source IDE like eclipse. Everything you need to get your work done will be available as a free download somewhere on the net. For office workers, try Google Docs and Open Office. Try to use Gimp for image editing.

The third step is to find a place to buy other closed source software when you need it. You can use the Internet for that and buy your software from the developers' website directly, if you have a means of payment.

For the OP: go for it. Try buying that software from the Internet or try calling Microsoft Nigeria to ask them about where to get it in Nigeria.

Thank you Seun. at least I wasn't wrong. It's not bad to make things right, especially now that I still have the opportunity.