http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Copyrigh...efits_Microsoft
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Software...osoft_and_Adobe
It says microsoft beifits form piracy. Hows that so?? Abode too!
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Cracking has also been a significant factor in the domination of companies such as [[Adobe Systems]] and [[Microsoft]], all of whom have benefited from piracy since the 1980s. Vast numbers of college and high school students adopted readily available applications from these companies. Many of these students would then go on to use them in their professional lives, purchasing legitimate licenses for business use and introducing the software to others until the programs became ubiquitous.