Piracy Built the Romanian IT Industry

Posted by Zonk on Thursday February 1, 2007 @10:13AM from the eye-patches-in-europe dept.

An anonymous reader submitted a link to a Washington Post article about a very interesting press conference. Romanian President Traian Basescu stood up in front of international press and discussed the role pirated Microsoft software played in bringing about the IT industry in the country. The other big player at the press conference was Microsoft chair Bill Gates. Gates' company was opening a technical center in Bucharest, and he declined to comment on the president's remarks. Romania passed anti-piracy laws nearly 10 years ago, but nearly 70 percent of software used in the country continues to be of an illicit nature.

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News Report by Fifty+Points · 2007-02-01 10:17 · Score: 5, Funny

This just in: Romania destroyed by what appears to have been a bombardment of chairs. More at 11.

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Romania... by Anonymous Coward · 2007-02-01 10:21 · Score: 5, Funny

Actually, MS owes Romania. You see, MS has been using the vampire method of business: sucking the blood of their customers. A clear rip-off of the vampire business model.