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Microsoft has always had a strange relationship with piracy. They'd obviously prefer everyone pay for their software, and will crack down on stuff that seriously threatens this - but at the same time, their real power and profit comes from their monopoly (well, came from their monopoly; things are weird now due to their failure to win the browser wars and mobile device markets.)
If the alternative is you using a competitor's software, they'd prefer that you pirate windows.