We could have just used Linux, which was free, instead of pirating Windows, but we didn't. People in developing countries chose to pirate and use Windows becau

We could have just used Linux, which was free, instead of pirating Windows, but we didn't. People in developing countries chose to pirate and use Windows because it ran most of the important apps of the era, namely video games, which were also easy to pirate, and because it ran on any custom built PC from the parts each user could afford to scrap together. It was the perfect storm.