The local Moroccan press has published a series of statistics on growth in the IT industry. This has been accompanied by an investigation by the Paris-based Middle East magazine Arabies Trends. Sales of PCs in Morocco have risen by 20%.
Unlike neighboring countries, Algeria and Tunisia, Morocco has experienced a considerable decrease in piracy levels. The International Planning and Research Center estimates that pirate software in Morocco reached 82% in 1994 but dropped to 58% en 2002. According to the International Planning and Research Center, the international rate is 39%. Morocco has achieved by active government controls.
The director of Microsoft responsible for North Africa was quoted by the magazine as saying that he respects government efforts to reduce pirating, noting that pirating only hurts technological development and the national economy. (menareport.com)
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