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Southeast European Times: Software Freeloaders Driven to Pay… or Use Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 24, 2006

“With software companies better able to crack down on piracy,
some people find they’re having to make tough choices, according to
Grigor Gatchev. Nearly every day in Bulgaria, he writes, computer
experts have conversations that go something like this:

“‘Grigor, have you heard of any new ways to register Windows
XP?’

“‘What have you tried to date…?'”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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