Barry, That doesn't surprise me i was in Switzerland during that timeframe we had offices in 56 countries , saw a lot of strange things ..especially in the old Eastern Block countries
Scott ford www.identityforge.com from my IPAD 'Infinite wisdom through infinite means' On Jun 21, 2013, at 1:00 PM, Barry Merrill <[email protected]> wrote: > At the first SAS User Meeting in Germany after the wall fell, > an East German techie presented himself to the MD of SAS Europe > and reported that he had been responsible for distributing SAS > in all of the Eastern block countries. > > The limiting factor on distribution was the need for 15 PC "stiffie" > 1.44MB floppies; if you had 15 and sent them to him, you got SAS. > > Barry > > Herbert W. “Barry” Merrill, PhD > President-Programmer > MXG Software > Merrill Consultants > 10717 Cromwell Drive > Dallas, TX 75229 > [email protected] > > http://www.mxg.com - FAQ has Most Answers > [email protected] – invoices/PO/Payment > [email protected] – technical > tel: 214 351 1966 - expect slow reply, use email > fax: 214 350 3694 – prefer email, still works > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Lloyd Fuller > Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 9:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Auditing vendor source code > > Actually, US companies have also stolen software. I will not go into > details, but it has happened at a company that I worked for. One of their > customers stole the software for at least a couple of years until we changed > how our license key was generated. > > Lloyd > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Phil Smith <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: >> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 4:10 PM >> Subject: Re: Auditing vendor source code >> >> Ed Jaffe wrote: >>> We once had a situation in which a foreign distributor had numerous >> "off-book" customers using our software illegally. It's not clear >> whether the customers actually realized they were pirating the >> software. In any case, the implementation of so-called "keys" put a >> stop to all subsequent attempts at deliberate or accidental misuse (as >> far as we know, of course)... >> >> As you note, "as far as we know". If the distributor was that >> dishonest, I assume this meant that the US folks had to handle all >> keys? I bet that was fun...lots of off-hours calls! >> >> Yeah, the only argument I've ever heard that had any teeth was related >> to them untrustworthy furriners. Though I suspect it's less that >> foreign companies are less trustworthy than that American companies >> are more afraid of litigation... >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send >> email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
