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Microsoft touts study showing the cost of pirated software | |
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| Time: 12:20 EST/17:20 GMT | News Source: News.com | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
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Microsoft's crusade against pirated software was bolstered on Tuesday with the release of a study that found stolen programs are going to cause issues this year for both consumers and enterprise customers. The study, conducted by research firm IDC and the National University of Singapore, found that consumers worldwide will spend $25 billion and collectively waste 1.2 billion hours this year as the result of downloading pirated software. On the business side, companies will spend $500 billion on fixes in 2014 to issues with pirated software. | ||
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