-1 knee-jerk.
Whether or not we appreciate Microsoft's software, prices, services,
business practices, or choice of cologne, pirating their software is as
illegal as pirating anyone else's. Though I suspect it will result in
more bad publicity than anything else, Microsoft is not overstepping
(imho) any moral or ethical bound by initiating these suits against
entities they have reason to believe are violating the terms of their
licenses.
Of course, I also strongly support the idea that the plaintiff should be
subject to severe punitive damages should investigation reveal the
charges are false.
Cheers,
~B
Greg Brown wrote:
Yes, the world's richest man needs to be a bit more wealthy.
On 9/13/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<chuckle>
http://www.microsoft.com/oem/english/images/gsi/ms_lawsuit.gif
</chuckle>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Greg Brown
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 9:02 AM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
Subject: [TriLUG] got a business you are trying to covert to OSS?
Microsoft just made things easier but publishing a list of the compaines
they have recently filed lawsuits against:
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/partners/alerts.mspx
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