Few months back, I got a call from a client (who is also a friend). He is looking for an online printing business. Things like printing business cards, vouchers, promotional umbrellas and etc. Well, I did not charge as much as I should or usually do, looking at the angle that he is, after all, a friend.

Now, since I’m a web designer in this one, I outsourced the back-end and come back to front-end this few weeks. We are heading to the finishing though, the biggest problem now is… VPS – Virtual Private Server.

I proposed a Dedicated Server before, however, due to the budget, they choose to go with VPS. However, the question is this: How to control a VPS?

As far as I am clear with is that, there is option to install Ubuntu server, which I am familiar working with. What I am troubling to see is, how do I taking the full control over the server itself…

Let’s imagine a bit scene here…

A small town, living a population of only 20,000. Having 4 shopping complex, and they all selling pirated softwares, music, movies you-name-it. Yet, they are all free to sell for the past 20 years. Yes, 20 freaking years, without a problem.

That, my friend, is where I am living now.

Those CDs are just like some glossary or incontinence products everywhere. Everyone buying and selling it and yet no action was taken.

Now, I am not supporting pirated though. But at least try to get some software your own instead of getting a pirated one.

I did use some pirated softwares, but I am not encourage anyone else to do the same. But why? It is either the softwares are way too expensive for me, or I’m just going to use it for like… 2 times? Why both to get the license for hundred of dollar when I only going to use it for 2 times right?

Of course, the same thing applied to the action. I believe that to beat the piracy, it is all depend on the buyers, not the government or the organization though. Those laws are mainly scare a little off, but not the full cure. It’s the buyers who are the only core to stop piracy.