Microsoft urged Jordan to take more efforts to curb software piracy rate which stood at 60 percent in 2007, local daily the Jordan Times reported Thursday.
The 60 percent of soft piracy rate is "still high, because in Dubai for example, it stands below 40 percent. This largely affects plans to attract investments in the IT sector," said Sherif Seddik, regional director of Microsoft North Africa, East Mediterranean and Pakistan.
"There is a need for more efforts to raise awareness and that is a responsibility of all companies in the sector, governments and all concerned entities," he said.
The software industry in Jordan experienced more losses in 2007,amounting to 20 million U.S. dollars, up from 19 million dollars the previous year, according to a study by the Business Software Alliance.
Source:Xinhua
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