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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. Re:Easy solution. by whterbt · · Score: 0, Troll

    Who here has been audited by Red Hat? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

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  2. Re:I just don't even open the door by th3rmite · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Stories like this"? Wow, so you refuse to use Adobe because they expect people who use their products to buy them? That makes sense.