>> On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:22:28 +1000, Steven Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I'm not so sure about this. One of our customers took a rather cavalier > attitude to TSM licencing, and were using about 3 times as many licences > as they'd paid for. IBM via PriceWaterhouseCoopers came in one day > (possibly triggered by the fact that there had been no new orders for > licences in a couple of years) and demanded an audit. Said company then > had to pony up for all the extra licences *at FULL LIST price*. No > negotiation and no questions accepted. The alternative would have > involved lawyers and therefore cost a lot more. I think I can understand this response out of IBM; no growth at all over several years seems odd. - Allen S. Rout
