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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
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
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 --
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
