Oh man, we got audited good and lost the ability to sell Academic
versions of M$ & Adobe (IIRC,long time back) which was one of our main
draws.
The reseller we sold to WAS fined big time for exporting said software
to markets it wasn't intended for. Loss of the revenue stream took a lot
out of our store's bottom line, might even have been one of the last 3
nails in their coffin.
Hehe, the next 2 was me quiting and the owners insistance on fucking his
customers with junk (why I quit along with pay disputes).
Ben Ruset wrote:
Microsoft is not going to stop piracy by shutting down Mom & Pop shops.
The amount of money they need to invest in the court system vs. the
amount of money they will get is low. What Microsoft is more interested
in are the people selling counterfeit copies into the channel, selling
software that is licenced wrong to the channel, etc.
Case in point: The OEM I used to work for got a smoking deal on Office
97 Pro for $99/copy. It looked like an OEM copy, but in fact was an
"Easy Fufillment Licence" which was basically just media and a CD key
without a licence. We got audited, and the company that we bought that
software got fined HEAVILY. And if you don't believe me, wait for
Warpmedia to read the list because we both worked at the same shop when
this happened.
Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 12:19 PM 03/08/2005, Ben Ruset wrote:
You don't think that MS won't go after these companies when they have
to give out free XP licences to the end users???
They never have in the past. I have reported two companies two or
three times a year for four years. The result? Nothing. MS doesn't
give a shit about me. And they don't care about you. Why people
defend large companies because they bought their products is beyond
me. MS is necessary (right now.) It's not good or bad. It just is.
And all it cares about is itself and it's shareholders, and that's
fine. But when they do something stupid, there's nothing wrong with
saying so.
T
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