[TriLUG] got a business you are trying to covert to OSS?

[Brian Henning]

(yes, replying to self)

-1 preachy.

sorry.  guess it's just one of those mornings.

~B

Brian Henning wrote:
> -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, OlsonE at aosa.army.mil <OlsonE at aosa.army.mil> wrote:
>>>
>>> <chuckle>
>>>
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/oem/english/images/gsi/ms_lawsuit.gif
>>>
>>> </chuckle>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] 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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