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		gosukiwi on March 4, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: With Free Version of Windows, Microsoft Gives In t... Same thing for South America, 99% of Windows copies are pirated.

higherpurpose on March 4, 2014 [–]

That begs the question - what does Microsoft really gain with this? Poor countries never bought Windows anyway, and rich countries will now be getting it for free, instead of paying money for it.

chaostheory on March 4, 2014 | [–]

they steer consumers towards MS services like Bing and Onedrive and Skype

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