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Posted by: Sean (Tuesday 3 May 2005, 11:00 AM)
I feel insulted by this article. Have been in IT for 19 years and can honestly say that I have always ensured software is fully licensed. In fact Slartbartfast has it right when he says its more likely to be the Directors who insist on "Its only a fews copies", "We will never get caught" ! I have even gone so far as to refuse to install a certain product until the license has been purchased.
A company I once worked for had FAST visit them .. not an audit but a visit to point out that if we did not sign up with FAST (for around £3,000) we could be targeted for a visit !
My IT Manager at the time told them in no uncertain terms that what they were doing was nothing short of a "Protection Racket" and that if they wanted to "Visit" us then feel free ! !
We never heard from them again !
Who the hell do they think they are !
Full Talkback thread
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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 -
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
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Another sinister aspect of FAST's operation is the... John Collins
