Microsoft boss Bill Gates was in Bucharest on Thursday saying he was confident, "Romania's recent accession to the European Union would boost foreign investment and the country's IT industry," says Associated Press.
"This center is very important for us," he's quoted as saying.
Microsoft is equally important for Romania, president Traian Basescu told Gates, says Reuters.
After all, piracy, "set off the development of the IT industry in Romania," he 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."
Gates apparently decided silence was the best response, says the story, adding:
"Experts say some 70 percent of software used in Romania is pirated, and salesmen still visit office buildings in central Bucharest to sell pirated CDs and DVDs."
Rumours that Gates plans to buy Romania outright and install himself as the new president are probably untrue.
Also See: Associated Press - Gates Inaugurates Bucharest Center, February 1, 2007 Reuters - Piracy worked for us, Romania president tells Gates, February 1, 2007
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