3 Apr
2010
3 Apr
'10
12:08 p.m.
Brad Parker wrote:
I worked at a company where an disgruntled employee
(who had just been let go,
as I recall) call the SPA. I think it was in the very late '80s.
Well he had to be an ex-employee... After all, if you turn in your
company while you're still under their employ, you're probably going to
be leaving with your P45 on the day the Goons in Black Suits turn up to
do the audit.
As for the "rewards" -- I've heard they're pretty insulting. ?10 per
thousand infringing licenses or something like that. Wouldn't expect
you'd be hired elsewhere in a hurry, either. "Hmm, he
After that everyone got a copy of Office with each new
machine. (since I think
word and excel were the biggest problem). Most of the developers had licenses for
everything on their machines.
Maybe it's just a "developer thing". I don't think there's anything
currently installed on this system that isn't licensed -- the Win2k
virtual machine is running off a CD key from a broken machine, the XP
install is a legit OEM copy (that I don't use), I've got the User
Licence Certificate and keyfiles for EAGLE if anyone has a burning need
(and a valid need-to-know) to see them...
Everything else is OSS/FS, or coded by myself. Hmm, I *think* I gave
myself permission to use my own code, but how can you really be sure? :-D
--
Phil.
classiccmp at philpem.me.uk
http://www.philpem.me.uk/