Being a slowly recovering Windows based shop, I can say with confidence that we don't have issues with paying for licenses, but far more often with getting Micr

Being a slowly recovering Windows based shop, I can say with confidence that we don't have issues with paying for licenses, but far more often with getting Microsoft products to activate correctly. We don't here, but I do know that it's a regular occurrence for Enterprise to use pirated versions of Windows and Office while holding many more licenses than they need legally, simply because the activation and licensing software embedded in Microsoft products just straight up sucks. "Need to rebuild a Windows machine? Oh your key doesn't work with this particular version of Windows, sorry. Yes I know it's an identical version but it's an OEM key not a retail key." Steam hacked the motives of most people who pirated games by making the games easy to buy and the licenses totally invisible to the user. Meanwhile I had to format my Surface Pro and had to call to activate Windows. To clarify: I had to CALL SUPPORT, to activate WINDOWS on hardware that Microsoft commissioned, manufactured, and sold under their own brand and that's ABSURD.