[OT] Pirate software in Germany?

[Richmond Mathewson]

On 05/22/2011 06:48 PM, Lynn Fredricks wrote:
>> I am 100% sure that Microsoft loves the fact that people
>> pirate their software (especially the OS)
> During the "Don't Copy that Floppy" era, a company set up offices throughout
> South America to help local authorities crack down on piracy. Very often
> they'd get called by local authorities because they'd hear that their
> products were being pirated. So they would "help out" on investigations.
> During those investigations, they'd offer the offending company (this was
> against large companies) a special deal - we will forgive you your
> transgressions if you purchase a special package of our software which
> includes everything you could need to run an office at 10% of the full
> price, provided that you promise not to use any competitors products.
>
> Best regards,
>

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