Romanian Pirates...Arhhhh
February 2007
Piracy worked for us, Romania president tells Gates
Pirated Microsoft Corp. software helped Romania to build a vibrant technology industry, Romanian President Traian Basescu told the company's co_founder Bill Gates on Thursday, February 1. Basescu was meeting the software giant's chairman in Bucharest to celebrate the opening of a Microsoft global technical center in the Romanian capital. "Piracy helped the young generation discover computers. It set off the development of the IT industry in Romania," Basescu said during a joint news conference with Gates. Former communist Romania, which has just joined the European Union, introduced anti_piracy legislation 10 years ago but copyright infringements are still rampant. Experts say some 70 percent of software used in Romania is pirated.
Source: http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml
Piracy worked for us, Romania president tells Gates
Pirated Microsoft Corp. software helped Romania to build a vibrant technology industry, Romanian President Traian Basescu told the company's co_founder Bill Gates on Thursday, February 1. Basescu was meeting the software giant's chairman in Bucharest to celebrate the opening of a Microsoft global technical center in the Romanian capital. "Piracy helped the young generation discover computers. It set off the development of the IT industry in Romania," Basescu said during a joint news conference with Gates. Former communist Romania, which has just joined the European Union, introduced anti_piracy legislation 10 years ago but copyright infringements are still rampant. Experts say some 70 percent of software used in Romania is pirated.
Source: http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml
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