Re: schools and software license violations

2002-04-27 Thread hope and the anchor
PROTECTED] To: PowerBooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 11:27 PM Subject: Re: schools and software license violations I can tell you a p'd off layed off or fired employee who does know of some pirated software letting the company who the software was taken from can bring lawsuits

schools and software license violations

2002-04-27 Thread R. P. Bell
If you call in the BSA -- and you can do that anonymously -- for a current inventory and assessment, you can probably forestall any future attempts to jettison IT. The problem is that most academic users are somewhat knowledgeable about what they want and need, BUT they are also spoiled to

Re: schools and software license violations

2002-04-27 Thread Scott Holder
At 08:49 AM 4/27/2002 -0700, you wrote: It's a shame that school boards and admin often try to save money by cutting the very people who keep their hides out of jail, but that's reality. A good offense is way better than having to defend yourself. Call in BSA for an independent assessment --

Re: schools and software license violations

2002-04-26 Thread Thomas Martin
I can tell you a p'd off layed off or fired employee who does know of some pirated software letting the company who the software was taken from can bring lawsuits that can really hurt a company far more than the cost of the employee they let go. And typically it is a foolish idea to think that