>>> Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>>> We're almost considering that at work. Most of the computers currently 
>>> run
>>> pirated Windows XP. Except the server, which runs pirated Windows 2003, 
>>> and
>>> just today we had to fight yet another activation problem.

>> Warp wrote:
>>  (At least here, AFAIK, there exist authorities who do take seriously
>> reports of companies using pirated software for their work. For this
>> reason basically no respectable company here uses pirated software.)


> scott <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:
> Same here, and if you want your company to be acreddited to any standard, 
> you need to demonstrate that you have licenses for all software you are 
> using.  For this reason I have some background task running on my computer 
> that keeps a list of all installed programs and reports back to IT...  Any 
> freeware programs I install I have to send a copy of the license to IT so 
> they don't get in trouble.

good ..... at least I'm not the only one who raised an eyebrow on this one. 
I even give my friends who use pirated software a bad time about this. I 
won't work on ANY system that I think has pirated software!!! Shame on you 
guys (Nicolas)!!!! Also (if I were prone to this behavior) I won't admit to 
anyone

Jim

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