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Story: IT staff can't be trusted, claim self-appointed software police
Posted by: Berserker (Thursday 5 May 2005, 12:14 AM)
I think that the article should have been titled:
Software Police can't be trusted claim IT Staff.
How do the FAST staff get paid - by the bust? If so can you trust them not to inflate the numbers.
How does FAST determine what is or isn't properly licensed? We have software (which is still running) that was installed on machines 5-6 years ago. I doubt I could find my original OS2 disks - we moved 3 years ago and there's some stuff that I'm still looking for. Course, I never need them, the OS2 computers never crash.
So it's Open Source all the way from here on in. I don't have the time or budget to waste tracking licenses.
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Story: IT staff can't be trusted, claim self-appointed software police
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"FAST recently discovered more than 5,800 illegal... Anonymous -
As an IT professional, I feel insulted by thi... David Wright -
It's usually the directors of a company that can b... Slartibartfast
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18 Years in the IT business and FAST thinks fit to... Andy
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I feel insulted by this article. Have been i... Sean
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FAST would do well to demand from vendors to be co... Arthur B.
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The BSA, Microsoft and the definition of Exto... David Mohring
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When I worked in PC repair we would regu... Doug Collier -
An excellent point! And the remedy is so obvious... Anonymous
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There are two basic reactions on this article, eve... Nick Braelin
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I think that the article should have been tit... Berserker -
Another sinister aspect of FAST's operation is the... John Collins
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