nairaland.net

May 18, 2010 (Vanguard) --

While the software giant, Microsoft calls for additional government and industry support to combat software piracy in Nigeria which remains among the highest in the world, the seventh annual global software piracy study released last week by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), an international association representing the global software industry, in conjunction with the market research firm IDC, revealed that software piracy rate in Nigeria is 83%.

Why is anybody still using pirated software, when perfect alternatives exist free of charge?

Take a look at this site for an exhaustive list:

http://www.osalt.com/

Here is a quick list.

Ms Office - OpenOffice
Internet Explorer - Firefox
Ms Outlook - Thunderbird
Nero - K3B
Nero Recode - HandBrake
Windows Media player - VLC
Symantec Norton Ghost - Partimage
VMware - VirtualBox
Steinberg Cubase - Ardour
Citrix Presentation Server and Ms. Remote Desktop - Vine Server

You simply download and install these free programs without paying a kobo to anybody.