RE: M$ $oftware audit pushes schools toward Linux

2002-05-12 Thread Tzahi Fadida
CTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Shachar Shemesh > Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 5:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Daniel Feiglin; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: M$ $oftware audit pushes schools toward Linux > > > You missed out on how the BSA

Re: M$ $oftware audit pushes schools toward Linux

2002-05-12 Thread Gilad Ben-Yossef
On Sat, 2002-05-11 at 22:32, Daniel Feiglin wrote: > "From information that has come to our attention, there is suspicion ("oleh > chashad") that in your organisation, there is inconsistency ("choser hatama") > between the the number of programmes installed on computers belonging to your > com

Re: M$ $oftware audit pushes schools toward Linux

2002-05-12 Thread Shachar Shemesh
You missed out on how the BSA works. They will tell you that "We will be happy to perform the audit for you. Of course, if a single illegal software is found, all audit costs will be payed by you". I am not sure what the legal basis of such a claim is, but that seems to be the claim they are

Re: M$ $oftware audit pushes schools toward Linux

2002-05-12 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i would check with your lawyer first, but it sounds to me that you > could fight it on any of the following grounds: Alternatively, Dear Sir, We will be happy to provide the information you have requested. Of course, we are assuming that

Re: M$ $oftware audit pushes schools toward Linux

2002-05-12 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Daniel Feiglin wrote: > What it says, is: > > "From information that has come to our attention, there is suspicion ("oleh > chashad") that in your organisation, there is inconsistency ("choser hatama") > between the the number of programmes installed on computers belonging to your > company,

Re: M$ $oftware audit pushes schools toward Linux

2002-05-12 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Daniel Feiglin wrote: > > Oy, vay! It seems that the Hebrew didn't come out too well. I used Mozilla 1.0RC > mail client, with the KDE language setting, on Hebrew. > > What it says, is: > > "From information that has come to our attention, there is suspicion ("oleh > chashad") that in your or

Re: M$ $oftware audit pushes schools toward Linux

2002-05-11 Thread Daniel Feiglin
Oy, vay! It seems that the Hebrew didn't come out too well. I used Mozilla 1.0RC mail client, with the KDE language setting, on Hebrew. What it says, is: "From information that has come to our attention, there is suspicion ("oleh chashad") that in your organisation, there is inconsistency ("ch

Re: M$ $oftware audit pushes schools toward Linux

2002-05-11 Thread Daniel Feiglin
Same for us, I hope. Have you seen the disgustingly worded letter MS is sending to anybody and everybody here? It's from someone by the name of Gil Mey-Tal, cc: MS Ron Gazit Lawyer, and FUD at its worst. The central paragraph is beautifully worded: ? , ??? ?? ??

M$ $oftware audit pushes schools toward Linux

2002-05-10 Thread Omer Zak
http://www.seul.org/edu/acpe2002.html speaks about the events after schools districts in Oregon and Washington received software audit demands from Microsoft. This caused sudden need for a lot of Linux support. I wonder whether there is enough Linux support in Israel to help Israeli schools and