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Subject:Re: FWD: On using pirated software From:Peter <pnewman1 -at- home -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 22 Aug 2001 19:06:29 -0400
Annamaria Profit wrote:
>
> David,
>
> Now that's a pretty cynical campaign! It's interesting that it's working
> though. The only place I've ever seen wholesale pirating was
> overseas. Every place I've ever worked here had rigorous policies about
> licensing software apps. However, domestically, I have seen individual
> employees load personal updated versions when they could not get IT to
> update critical work applications. I think the "diffusion of innovation"
> theory applies particularly to technical users. Some need the latest
> versions, others wait 10 years for all the bugs to get worked out. I've
> also seen IT people load the latest versions on their own machines, but
> keep the corporate standard a few versions back, just to avoid having to
> "waste time" debugging hundreds of machines! ; ) It's hard to argue with
> that logic!
>
One of those forever battles. ;-)
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usually means adapting new machines to
behave like old ones.
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