"However, most see Microsoft's move as a response to both the threat Linux poses to its core business, as well as piracy.
"Analyst Joe Wilcox from Jupiter Research commented: 'It’s about time Microsoft starting thinking this way; too bad that it really took the competitive threat posed by Linux for Microsoft to do right by customers. I would argue that overseas, particularly in Asia, Microsoft and other software vendor pricing structures contribute to software piracy...'"
