[Bush2000]

Adobe Systems: must be Acrobat writer...

Do you make this crap up as you go?

It clarified a few things for me

That's good, considering the fact that only a few minutes ago, your complaints were solely targeted at Microsoft.

... and at least partionally reinforces the owner's claim that the infringement was not willful.

Put down the straw man. We're not talking about criminal offenses here.

[justlurking]

Do you make this crap up as you go?

Do you know of any other Adobe products they may have been using? Oh wait, I just remembered: Photoshop. There's a good replacement for that, as well: GIMP.

That's good, considering the fact that only a few minutes ago, your complaints were solely targeted at Microsoft.

No, I was speculating on why the owner targeted his complaints solely at Microsoft. Now, that you have named other products, I'm also wondering if he banished them from his business, as well.

Put down the straw man. We're not talking about criminal offenses here.

You, you were:

Me: this is a civil matter about violation of contract, not a criminal matter.

You: Not true. It's a violation of federal copyright law -- which carries criminal penalties. There is a dollar-value threshold at which civil becomes criminal.

And, your first comment to this thread was:

Kinda hard to sympathize with somebody who's stealing software.

"Stealing" implies a criminal offense. So, which is it? Are you going to make up your mind, or change it again when it is convenient?