> On Apr 25, 2017, at 5:49 PM, Phil Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > scott Ford wrote: >> What about theft of software products ? We all know it goes on ... >> How do you prevent it ? > > When I see someone assert that "We all know it goes on", I don't see it as a > meaningful statement. Spontaneous fission also occurs, but not enough for me > to worry about it. There have been a few war stories shared here of folks who > found a cheater; I'd submit that the scarcity of such stories (in > mainframe-land, not talking about PCs!) proves the point: this isn't an issue > that's big enough to waste cycles on.
Phil: In 30+ years I have seen only one case and that was an oops. The system programmer left in the middle of an evaluation. I alerted management and they contacted the vendor and made everything alright. It wasn’t a really big check but enough to dent their bonuses. They were diligent afterwards. Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
