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Originally Posted by ThatGuyInTheCorner
No you dont. You own the right to use word. In other words you have purchased a liscence from Microsoft to use word on your PC... But you DONT own it...
Shitty, but true...
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an better analogy would be:
Microsoft pays people who roll out of bed at the crack of noon, and usually insist on working from home, can't meet deadlines and are a general pain in the ass to work with, to create Word. Microsoft lets them know that its a job that will only last one month. They are happy to have that work as it provides temporary relief from Top Ramen and debt collectors. The month of work ends.... instead of looking for more work... like any normal human being would do, they damand that Microsoft pay them indefinately for that month of work.
people don't gravitate towards 'writing' because they are ambitious, organized, highly talented and unbelievably funny. they become writers because they are basically unemployable people in the work force and have no ambition for steady employment.