When he met Bill Gates, Romanian President Traian Basescu
basically said that the country built its IT industry based on
pirated Microsoft software. 
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Pirated Microsoft Corp software helped Romania to build a vibrant
technology industry, Romanian President Traian Basescu told the
company's co-founder Bill Gates on Thursday.
Basescu was meeting the software giant's chairman in Bucharest to
celebrate the opening of a Microsoft global technical center in the
Romanian capital.
"Piracy helped the young generation discover computers. It set off
the development of the IT industry in Romania," Basescu said during
a joint news conference with Gates.
"It helped Romanians improve their creative capacity in the IT
industry, which has become famous around the world ... Ten years
ago, it was an investment in Romania's friendship with Microsoft
and with Bill Gates."
Gates made no comment. 
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