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

[Brian McCullough]

On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 04:47:34PM -0400, OlsonE at aosa.army.mil wrote:
> I suppose with the a**hats at the RIAA going after everyone, MS figured
> they'd jump on the bandwagon.

This has been going on for years, it just hasn't necessarily been as
consistantly obvious as this story.  It comes and goes.  A few years
ago ( before the RIAA excitememnt ) there were several well-publicized
efforts by Microsoft and the ( what was their name again -- the Business
Software Alliance ( maybe?? )) bringing down the hammer on ( usually big
) businesses who weren't sure about their license status.  That's where
the license-checking tools, and all the ruckus about Microsoft software
"calling home" came from.


Brian