[dba-Tech] Licensing - just an FYI

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
>>
>>     
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