Enterprises begin to recognize the benefits of piracy

Enterprises began to recognize the benefits of piracy-general Linux technology-Linux technology and application information. The following is a detailed description. From: solidot

An article in The Economist describes in detail how many companies are discovering the bright side of piracy ".

It is useful to count the traffic of a file-sharing website. This information can be revealed, for example, which country's new singer is the most popular, even before his album release. From initial reluctance, record companies are making full use of this information. This month, BigChampagne, a major music data analysis company, expanded its tracking service to pirated videos. In other industries, piracy can also open up new markets, which is why Microsoft backed up the piracy industry in developing countries, mainly in China. Windows operating systems occupy more than 90% of China's shares, most of them are pirated. Microsoft's former Chairman Bill Gates said in an interview with Fortune last year that "when there is piracy there, our software is more likely to beat Linux ".