Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates has labeled bootlegged software a greater threat to his company than open-source programs.
“You know what my toughest competitor is?” Gates asked reporters at a media briefing here Monday. “It’s pirated software…If you really look around, you’ll find way more pirated Windows than you’ll find open-source software. Way more.”
Gates said Microsoft’s software represented a “dramatically higher, better choice than anything you’ll get in the open-source realm. It’s true the press has taken a few design wins and said, ‘Hey, look at that.’ And you know, that’s great; it’s almost helpful to us to have a few of those, where people try that out.
[Via WinInsider.com]
