How Microsoft pushed people to Linux

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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