Lars D. Noodén wrote:
MS is continuing to step up activities of BSA around the world, both
in places like Sweden and Pakistan:
http://jang.com.pk/thenews/apr2006-daily/18-04-2006/business/b11.htm
What kind of ways can we ride on this and use it to promote
OpenOffice.org?
by saying that OpenOffice.org licences are free and that businesses that
have installed OOo enjoy perfect peace of mind in the eventuality of a
BSA audit. Nor do they need to overestimate their requirements to ensure
that they stay legal (ie buy more licences than they actually need to be
on the safe side)
Presumably in places like Sweden MS is going after businesses and
private persons who have chosen to stay with Office 97 or Windows NT
rather than coughing up for the lastest and most expensive. They'll
be easy marks for MS because of the combination of almost impossible
to meet requirements the BSA has for proof of valid sw licenses and
the long time elapsed since the purchases.
they go after businesses that run any version of MS but without enough
licences for the number of PCs that they use
However, I can't help but think there is some way we can ride on this
and exploit it to our advantage, especially if combining forces with
outher groups. Ubuntu comes to mind as one.
-Lars
Lars Noodén ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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