As there are a lot of pirated s/w in developing countries, is it a good habit ?

i had started studying most microsoft products on pirated s/w on those small computer institutes which does not have much money to invest and i reckon only a very few raids for pirated s/w is done on most developing countries.

in the new era , it is shameful that even bill gates cannot propose a way to eliminate piracy. the security of s/w is to be protecetd



does anybody think that piracy is similar to hacking... (i don't think so because to pirate, U only need cd writer and cd keys.) but preventing piracy is like securing data from hackers.. any other opinion ???