[the_af]

Didn't this also use to be the case with MS Windows and MS Office? I always thought they were so easy to crack, and Microsoft was so prone to turn a blind eye to pirate copies at home, because this led to employees familiar with their products at the office. And they did go after pirated software at the office.

[phre4k]

It's almost as if pirating software for home users doesn't have the negative impact the big corporations would make you believe.

[user5994461]

Microsoft gives everything for free to students, except office.

Check with your university. This shall includes hundreds of software, all editions of Windows both 32 bits and 64bits, as well as all editions of Visual Studio Ultimate, plus databases and other tools.

[the_af]

Yes, in later years, through my university this turned out to be the case. But it wasn't the case at first in my country.