Sigh.
The propaganda drives you crazy sometimes:
"Syrian hacker lives by his own code; Pirates software amid tight US sanctions" by Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles Times | July 13, 2008
DAMASCUS - Abdul-Rahman Mahaini estimates that he has stolen millions of dollars' worth of software, hacking his way into the most complex programs in the world.
In 2007, piracy cost the US software industry $48 billion in potential revenue, up from $40 billion the year before, according to the Washington-based Business Software Alliance. The Arab world, where in some places more than 90 percent of software is pirated, is a haven for hackers.
But in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East, stealing or using pirated software is also viewed as part of the struggle against American power and policies prejudiced against Arabs and Islam.
Samir Hamade, a professor of information science at Kuwait University:
"This is the way they're fighting back against American aggression. They say a lot of companies are giving money to Israel, so it's even better to use pirated software than licensed software since you're taking money from Israel."
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You know, after that Hezbollah piece below, I can't take much more of this garbage.
Of course, if they are ripping off Israel I am not completely unhappy.
:-)
