Microsoft Fights Piracy with Discounts

I wonder if this is a trend or an aberration. Microsoft decided to fight piracy in Kenya not with lawyers and injunctions, but instead with discounts and education. Time will tell if this will work.

Microsoft East Africa announced a 40 percent reduction in cost of its home and student office suite amid complaints of rampant software piracy in the Kenya. "This special offer for Africa will enable more tools that will help them work more productively and accomplish more in developing presentations," said Ian Joule, Microsoft channel manager for East and Central Africa.

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