Disclaimer: I by no means condone the use of pirated software.Have you ever witnessed the use of pirated software for development purposes? May be a company didn't have enough money to buy a piece of software and there were no free alternatives? May be a company wanted to try something out before buying and there were no trial licenses for that product. Whatever the circumstances, have you worked at a company where using pirated/cracked software was accepted? Were there any consequences to doing this?
Use of pirated/cracked software for development
security;ethics
While I don't have any problem when some companies or individuals use unlicensed software when they can't afford them (yet), I'm always amazed to see how commercial software development factories do it without shame. They are unrespectful to their own profession!Thanks to programs like Microsoft Bizspark (3 years of free Microsoft softwares for any startup that generate less than 1.000.000 a year in revenues), you can now get them legally.