Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 15th Apr 2006 16:52 UTC, submitted by JCooper
Microsoft estimates it lost about $14 billion last year to software piracy - and those may prove to be the most lucrative sales never made. Although the world's largest software maker spends millions of dollars annually to combat illegal copying and distribution of its products, critics allege - and Microsoft acknowledges - that piracy sometimes helps the company establish itself in emerging markets and fend off threats from free open-source programs.
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RE: I bet over half isn't "piracy"
by postmodern on Sun 16th Apr 2006 09:23
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RE[2]: I bet over half isn't "piracy"
by Soulbender on Mon 17th Apr 2006 03:43
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I bet over half of that figure is NOT "piracy", at least the way most of us see it. MSFT considers using your copy of windows on another machine even when the original has been cannabalized or used as parts (thus you still only have one computer) as "piracy". So when they use the word it's a bunch of FUD to scare congress into being on their side.