Hi.

I really want Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional Full-Version but it's over $400! I just recently received a SPAM mail that directed me to a website that sells Adobe Acrobat 6.0 OEM for only $50. The website says it is functionally identical to the $400 retail version and it is completely legal. Is that true? Are there any downsides of owning an OEM version?

Thanks

Microsoft takes a very serious view about piracy of their software.

If you feel that the item is not the genuine article, conduct a software piracy search to find your local "dob in a pirate" Microsoft hotline.

Rest assured that Microsoft will pursue these criminals to the full extent of the law. You may be called as a witness to put these fraudsters in gaol. Consider it your public duty.

Piracy costs you, the consumer.

If you feel that the item is not the genuine article, conduct a software piracy search to find your local "dob in a pirate" Microsoft hotline.


Hey, you can do better than that! Microsoft really won't care about people pirating Adobe's software. You need to e-mail Big Brother at the Business Software Alliance if you really want something to be done. :)


Seriously, though, I've seen OEM software being sold with the "required piece of hardware" (like a broken stick of RAM), and supposedly that is legal. But if you found out about the site from a SPAM e-mail, what are the chances that the site itself might just be a credit-card-number collector?

Check e-bay:
http://search.ebay.com/acrobat-professional_W0QQsokeywordredirectZ1QQfromZR8

~psi42