My interpretation is that some software installed on these older computers was re-installed on the newer computers, without deleting it from the older computers. Maybe it wasn't Windows but this is still a bonehead move by this guy, passing on the trash of the previous user not to mention software that is not licensed for unlimited copy. Visual Studio is some of the most expensive software there is, too. IMO professional opinion, his whole operation is a joke.
Maybe it wasn't Windows but this is still a bonehead move by this guy, passing on the trash of the previous user not to mention software that is not licensed for unlimited copy. Visual Studio is some of the most expensive software there is, too. You're right: it wasn't exactly a "best practice". I don't know how big his IT dept. would be with 72 desktops, but I would expect only one or two people, or perhaps a larger number working part-time. They probably had more important things to do (and I'll resist making the obvious joke).
There's no question that it was a mistake. But, did it really warrant a $65,000 fine and $35,000 in legal fees?
Maybe it wasn't Windows but this is still a bonehead move by this guy, passing on the trash of the previous user not to mention software that is not licensed for unlimited copy. Visual Studio is some of the most expensive software there is, too. IMO professional opinion, his whole operation is a joke.
What's more telling about his agenda is that he equates the
BSA with Microsoft.
"Humiliated by the experience, Ball told his IT department he wanted Microsoft products out of his business within six months. "I said, 'I don't care if we have to buy 10,000 abacuses,'" recalled Ball, who recently addressed the LinuxWorld trade show. "We won't do business with someone who treats us poorly."
... when, in fact BSA consists of the following companies: Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Avid, Bentley Systems, Borland, CNC Software/Mastercam, Internet Security Systems, Macromedia, Microsoft, Network Associates, Symantec, Cisco, Entrust, HP, IBM, Intel, Intuit, Novell, PeopleSoft, SeeBeyond Technology, and Sybase. This has more to do with ideology than anything else, IMO.