Got Windows XP Pro through school for $13, Visual Studio 2005 for $18, and Office 2003 for $15, and work paid for my Windows Server 2003.
As for the whole piracy thing, I'm all for giving developers/artists what they deserve, I just wish they didnt choke it up with DRM (or in the case of starforce, malware).
And I really wish people would stop calling piracy "stealing". Online Piracy is not stealing, its Copyright Infringment, however the difference in no way justifies piracy. Both are very much illegal, but very different.