Where I work, it would absurd to choose piracy over waiting a few months for approval - simply because of the risk to one’s career. Is this not the case elsewhere?
2 of the companies I have worked for were pirating software, a 100+ employees one and a <10 one. All in a rich European country. One got even caught for it.
Usually, the "main" users had a valid license, but there were cracks floating around for the people that used the software a couple times a year. We're talking a about stuff costing thousands here.
This was, if not approved, certainly turned a blind eye by management.
