Piracy worked on the Romanian economy

At the opening ceremony of Microsoft's global support center for users in the Romanian capital Bucharest, President Traian Basescu, in a conversation with Bill Gates, made an amazing statement in his courage and frankness. According to him, pirated software helped build a strong modern IT industry in Romania, according to Reuters.

“Pirates helped young Romanians learn computers. This determined the development of the IT industry in Romania, ”said Basescu.

For several years after the fall of the dictatorship regime in the country, a really high-tech industry, quite noticeable on the world stage, appeared, producing, in particular, high-quality, demanded software.
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According to IDC estimates, production in this sector of the Romanian economy will reach $ 350 million by 2009 and it is considered to be very attractive for investors.

However, according to BSA (an organization of software manufacturers known for its fight against piracy), illegal software in the country is installed on 70% of computers. And this is despite the fact that copyrights in this area have been protected by law for more than 10 years and this year Romania became a member of the EU. Microsoft alone incurs multi-million dollar losses here.

About what was the answer of Bill Gates, so far nothing has been reported.