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"Пиратство" было важным элементом стратегии "Микрософт" по завоеванию новых рынков и борьбе с Линукс-системами, и об этом проболтался сам Гейтс.
Today Gates openly concedes that tolerating piracy turned out to be Microsoft's best long-term strategy. That's why Windows is used on an estimated 90% of China's 120 million PCs. "It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than when there's not," Gates says.
https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/07/23/100134488/index.htm?postversion=2007070910
Today Gates openly concedes that tolerating piracy turned out to be Microsoft's best long-term strategy. That's why Windows is used on an estimated 90% of China's 120 million PCs. "It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than when there's not," Gates says.
https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/07/23/100134488/index.htm?postversion=2007070910