What's the difference between genuine and pirated computer systems?

1. The genuine system is a copyrighted or licensed system issued by a regular company or individual (of course, the open source system has no copyright and there is no piracy).

2. Piracy system is an operating system that copies and redistributes copyrighted works and publications without the authorization and permission of the copyright owner.

Personally, I think it is better to use the genuine system, because the genuine system is guaranteed by the reputation of a regular company, and generally there will be no problems such as piracy.

If piracy is used, there are the following risks:

1 legal risk

Individuals, companies and organizations that produce, use and disseminate pirated software may be prosecuted for infringement. For example, Hong Lei, the author of Tomato Garden, was detained on August 5, 2008 on suspicion of infringing Microsoft's intellectual property rights.

2. Technical risks

The software is not perfect, and there will be various problems in the process of use, such as technical risks such as data loss. Pirated users usually can't get legal technical support and maintenance services through normal channels, and the resulting losses may have exceeded the cost saved by piracy, especially for companies that rely heavily on information technology. In addition, the content of pirated software cannot be completely guaranteed, and the seller cannot give any guarantee for completeness and usability.

3. Security risks

In the era of internet popularization, viruses often live in pirated software, and ordinary users can't avoid the risk of information security by their own efforts. Please refer to the virus regulations for the risks arising from this.

4. Social risks

Software piracy has greatly hit the domestic information industry, especially the software industry. The domestic software industry is still in its infancy. Ideally, software practitioners develop and sell software products to make profits, and then return to enterprises to train and attract talents, introduce better new products and expand national industries. In fact, due to the prevalence of piracy, products are either ignored or pirated, and enterprises cannot make normal profits to maintain their operations. So far, the domestic software industry has not been able to compete with multinational IT giants. Many excellent talents are gathered in foreign companies, and domestic software companies have no funds to train talents and attract talents to develop excellent products. This is a typical vicious circle. Many software companies have become outsourcing service providers of foreign companies, and it is difficult to build their own products. This is also the pain of the software industry in China. Piracy is harmful to national tax revenue.