Submission + - Microsoft admits benefitting from Windows piracy
Clever7Devil writes: "An article from Information Week here covers an interesting speech given by Microsoft Business Group President Jeff Raikes:
From the article:
"If they're going to pirate somebody, we want it to be us rather than somebody else," Raikes said. ...
"We understand that in the long run the fundamental asset is the installed base of people who are using our products," Raikes said. "What you hope to do over time is convert them to licensing the software."
Not that we haven't known this all along, but it's nice to hear it from the horse's mouth."
From the article:
"If they're going to pirate somebody, we want it to be us rather than somebody else," Raikes said.
"We understand that in the long run the fundamental asset is the installed base of people who are using our products," Raikes said. "What you hope to do over time is convert them to licensing the software."
Not that we haven't known this all along, but it's nice to hear it from the horse's mouth."
