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> I think of how MS ... turned a blind eye toward piracy until

1976: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists

>>bigbil+(OP)
Yes, the original claim is wildly ahistorical. I seriously think that one of Microsoft's key innovations that made it successful was the idea that software should be paid for, not shared, and this should be enforced by law.