Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields at torchlake.com
Tue Dec 4 10:20:37 CST 2007
Hi Arthur, Although you have stated it very bluntly, I think you are absolutely on the mark. Let's hear it for honesty! Tina Arthur Fuller wrote: > My take on this is very simple. If you don't have a license for all the > software that might involve me, I deem you a rip-off artist who is equally > unlikely to pay me for services and software rendered. Steal from me, steal > from anyone, it's all the same. You're a thief. End of story. > > Arthur > > On 11/27/07, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: > >> That is an interesting article John. >> >> Clients having or installing duplicated or pirated software happens more >> often then not. I for one try to convince them that it would be better to >> actually purchase the software or as in about a third of the cases assist >> them in installing open-source substitutes (I have also tried to insist >> that >> the company should in fact contribute to their new open-source app... >> quality and reliability does not come for free). This happens in about >> half >> the cases where I have come in after the fact (after initial >> installation). >> >> My son-in-law convinced his employer to migrate from MS to Debian Linux >> servers which saved the company an estimated $200,000 but he also >> convinced >> them to contribute $15,000 to Debian. They are now using Linux as their >> core >> for the last 2 years. >> >> I would like to hear how other techs deal with these issues when working >> on >> a client's site. >> >> Jim >> >> > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >