Microsoft takes aim at Zambia piracy
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
As Microsoft intensifies its crackdown on illegal use of software, the company is urging Zambia to speed up the enactment of the government's Information and Communication Technology policy so that software pirates can be prosecuted.
The country's draft ICT policy, in its current formulation, gives guidelines on how to set up an Internet café and what constitutes software piracy.
Microsoft is losing revenue and jobs are in jeopardy because people in the computer business do not acquire legitimate software through official channels, according to Microsoft Market Development Partner Mwiche Simwinga.