In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Microsoft and the Business Software Alliance began cracking down on software piracy around the world.
Here in Ecuador, businesses suddenly felt the pressure — inspections, legal threats, and the fear of fines or seizures for running unlicensed software.
That moment changed my career.
In this video, I tell the story of how those crackdowns pushed companies toward Linux, how I ended up migrating entire offices to open source software, and why I believe Microsoft unintentionally helped create a generation of Linux users.
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