Microsoft: piracy goes down in Urals
3 February 2011 (09:16)
The software piracy rates recorded in Ural Federal District are much lower than Russia’s average figures, Microsoft’s monitoring findings reveal.
About 20% out of 3,229 retail outlets inspected in ninety-four Russian cities are offering their customers unlicensed software in one form or another; pirated software was also found preinstalled in 11% sales outlets.
As far as Ural Federal District goes, the piracy rates dropped considerably against last fall’s monitoring results and are still lower than Russia’s average figures. 15% of the Urals-based computer stores are offering or recommending pirated software to their customers, with piracy rates at their highest in Nizhniy Tagil (45%) and Chelyabinsk (35%). Not a single computer store in Kurgan or Surgut has offered or recommended pirated software to a mystery customer.
About 20% out of 3,229 retail outlets inspected in ninety-four Russian cities are offering their customers unlicensed software in one form or another; pirated software was also found preinstalled in 11% sales outlets.
As far as Ural Federal District goes, the piracy rates dropped considerably against last fall’s monitoring results and are still lower than Russia’s average figures. 15% of the Urals-based computer stores are offering or recommending pirated software to their customers, with piracy rates at their highest in Nizhniy Tagil (45%) and Chelyabinsk (35%). Not a single computer store in Kurgan or Surgut has offered or recommended pirated software to a mystery customer.
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