Microsoft and piracy

This post is about my thoughts on Microsoft's policy 'against' piracy especially in Third world countries. I can bet M$ wouldn't want you to believe a word of it. Everyday we hear/see plenty of slogans here and there about putting an end to digital piracy but then I would like to ask(this question applies to people in third world countries) how many original CDs of M$ Windows have you seen and how many people you know who have got into trouble for using pirated software . The answer to both questions would be quite low, much lesser than what 'anti piracy' dictates.

  First a word about M$'s policy in developed countries. In those countries mostly people do not assemble thier computers and they don't mind paying extra if all software comes pre-installed on it. This is where M$ cashes in. It has contracts with all the major hardware producers to bundle windows with thier hardware. Believe me its very difficult to get a computer without windows installed on it in the US or UK or any other developed nation. When a user has already paid a lot of money for a software that came with thier computer why would he/she remove it? Secondly the piracy in these nations is not very rampant and M$ keeps strong tabs on it too.
 But the situation is vastly diffrent in the Third World countries like India. If a person was asked to pay a huge amount of money to have S/W pre installed on his/her computer they would plainly refuse. If no other option is available they might not even buy a computer. But their are two solutions available Pirated software or Linux. If piracy wasn't an option it would lead to a huge number of people using free software which doesn't help M$ in any way.
  Not only do M$ lose money but they lose user base which might lead to free software coming to the attention of H/W and S/W makers and more importantly the industries. But what the biggest loss to M$ would be is loss of manpower. Microsoft employes a huge amount of Indians if the number of people using M$ platfom dwindled it would really hit M$'s work force. What this would also do is that since the quality of M$ trained manpower would drop, the big corporations might decide to move to a solution which is more popular with the work force.
 So would it really benefit M$ if it tried to curb piracy. I don't think so. What do you think?

Disclaimer: Everything above is my personnel opinion and is in no way an attempt to defame M$. Its almost 5 am and Im sleepy so pardon me for any mistakes/typos in the post.