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Recession Turning Software Auditors Into Greedy Traffic Cops

Posted by Soulskill on from the twenty-six-in-a-twenty-five dept.

judgecorp writes "As the recession bites, software auditors are cracking down, and some are simply exploiting loopholes and technicalities to meet their targets, according to analyst Forrester. They may be within their rights, but they aren't endearing themselves to users; Steve Ballmer faced weary customers in London last year, and admitted Windows licenses have deliberate 'gotchas.'"

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  1. Easy solution. by jcr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Don't run Windows. "Software auditors" are just about unknown to users of any other platform.

    -jcr

    --
    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
  2. Re:I just don't even open the door by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So they lost $20,000 present day value for $2,000,000 present day. Sounds like a good deal for Adobe.

    Sure, until today's 200 employee shop turns into tomorrow's Google and the CEO decides that since he isn't going to buy Adobe but still needs the equivalent of their software, they're going to develop an equivalent, open source it and put Adobe out of business.

    It's never a good idea to piss off your customers.