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From: esink@turia.dit.upm.es
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Subject: Any piracy statistics in the US ??
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Date: 13 Jun 91 12:48:14 GMT
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The February 24 edition of a Spanish newspaper here says that for every
100 computers sold [in Spain] during 1988, 16 software packages were
sold.  Furthermore, it mentions that actually, each microcomputer
is used with 2.5 software packages, on the average.  A source is not
given for these stats, but if they are even close to true, software
piracy is rampant in Spain.  Anyone have any corresponding information
in the US ?

Eric W. Sink                     | "If no one is criticizing |Opinions
Departamento de Telematica       | your work, it is possible |mine -
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid| that you are not doing    |all of
esink@turia.dit.upm.es           | anything." -George Verwer |them.