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El Reg reports (on 27 Mar)
Software providers such as Microsoft and Oracle are aggressively targeting public sector customers with licence "audit reviews" in a bid to plug falling subscription revenue, according to research. Over one-third of the 436 councils surveyed across the UK have been subject to at least one software licence review in the last 20 months, according to a report from software licensing costs advice company Cerno. Of those, 60 per cent were found to be "under-licensed" and hit with a penalty of up to £50,000.
Out of 132 universities, one quarter have been subject to at least one software licence audit in the last 20 months, it said. "This survey confirms considerable activity in licence reviews by the major software vendors - principally Oracle and Microsoft - and, critically, the high incidence of penalty demands following the review," said Robin Fry, co-founder of Cerno.
gewg_ notes that the solution adopted last century by Dave Richards of the City of Largo, Florida and by Ernie Ball, Inc. keep looking better and better. (It cost the California company $100,000 before they saw the light.)
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 08 2015, @12:34AM
"Their new friendly image" was sarcastic on my part
It has been noted by others in the past that I have missed sarc tags.
a much better company than they were even five years ago doesn't, however, sound like you have a proper level of apprehension about the convicted felons.
"Drank the kool-aid" would be closer to the mark.
their recent attempts to open up source
Which is complete bullshit.
M$'s "open" crap still comes with a PATENTS.TXT file.
See also "embrace, extend, extinguish".
Nothing is "open" now that wasn't covered by actual FOSS **before** M$'s grand announcement.
I already noted that point and you not only didn't refute it with any actual facts, you ignored it.
At best, you are clueless and gullible.
More likely, you are an M$ shill engaged in openwashing.
Anyone who knows the slightest thing about M$ knows their business model is based on being closed and proprietary.
Saying "We are open" and getting their shills in Lamestream Media to repeat that doesn't change a thing.
The people who swallow that bullshit do, however, reveal themselves to be easily-manipulated fools.
childish mud-slinging
...and your comment is different from that description in what way?
I gave specifics. You just made vague ad hominem accusations.
Take just 1 of my points and give an actual description of how it is inaccurate|off-topic.
-- gewg_
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 08 2015, @11:27AM
Apparently your reading comprehension is way off. Look up: I said all of your points are perfectly valid. Let me say that again: I agree with you. What I don't care for is your childish approach and your (obviously intentional) penchant for completely ignoring the meat of the comment you're responding to, instead focusing on a few random words and lambasting the commenter out of context. You're projecting your extreme hatred for Microsoft onto someone who, while they don't share your fervor, does still hold Microsoft in contempt. You want everyone to be on your level of hate and loathing, and it seems you see anyone who isn't as vitriolic as you as "the enemy". Just because I don't want to murder Gates and Ballmer like you do, doesn't make me a Microsoft bootlicker. There's a huge middle ground there, but like any religious fanatic, you're blind to it.
So, in closing: Fuck Microsoft, but fuck you even more, asshole.