So this brings us to the Question Why Microsoft allows people to steal their product? Honestly, if Microsoft does not want people using their OS without paying, they would have stopped it long ago. As of now, they do not care about privacy in developing countries like India and China. And this what Bill Gates had to say about this. [BizSpark] Therefore it won’t be untrue to say that, Piracy helps windows to build their customer base. On the other hand, even tough Piracy is morally wrong (which few of us care about) there are also some disadvantages to it. For example no tech support, vulnerability to malware and annoying pop-up alerts to activate your windows. Therefore if you can’t afford License windows, you can give a try to Linux distros which are free and quite user-friendly these days. Or just like Mr. Gate assume next time when your money, make sure you buy paid Windows version. For startups, it’s hard to pay for their software requirements as most of them run short in their funding. To solve this issue, Microsoft has introduced a global program where software startups can have FREE access to Microsoft software development tools for 12 months.
