You would have to be a complete moron to beleive in creationism, I understand the role that religion plays in society and that some people feel that they need to bow down to some omnipitent being to give there life meaning. (Oh and if there is a god that is all powerful and he made us to worship him, don't you think thats just a little bit shallow for a perfect all powerful Deity) But to beleive that the Earth and the Universe is only 6000 years old, in the light of all the overwhelming evidence of that proves evolution and that the universe in billions of years old is not a leap of faith it's a leap back into the dark ages when science was demonised and people were burned at the stake for any attempt to better mankind.
We should take all the creationist and take away all the technology that they depend on all the things that science has given them and watch them complain about how they miss TV and their MP3's and theirs cars, and then remind them that according to there beliefs none of things can exists because science is wrong!!!
Sorry for the rant. Not for the sentiment.
Of course but the article said that he had offered them alternatives in form of OpenOffice and that he had expressed concerns and had been overuled by his manager.
Sounds like he had done all that already. I would never advocate taking legal action on a whim, you should always settle things privately were possible, and reasonable.
I agree, I work for a big company, and do alot of installations but don't handle licensing, yet I know that we have a half decent confiuration managment process in place that is monitoring and making sure we have it correct. In the original story Mister anonymous states that he is being told to install multiple copies to save money, it's not a question of the company not knowing if the licensing is there, they are breaking copyright agreement to help better line their own pockets. Thats just wrong!
It is sometimes difficult to do the right thing, you may just do what you are told, not rock the boat, not be labelled as a trouble maker, something that could follow your carier for a long time. However if you are brave you can do the right thing, take them to court, by asking you to do something you know is illegal, something you feel is wrong and threatening your continued employment if you don't is surely a breach of the contract of employment they have with you, and undoubtedly illegal.
Take them for everything they've got!!!
Would I be brave enough to do this if I were in that position?
Probably not!
Absolutley, but this particular provider puts no download limits on any of its packages, the only diffences are bandwidth diffences. I've got a 10meg service which I recently upgraded from a 2meg service. I don't have any problems, and their infrastructure seem perfectly capable of dealing with the load.
I pay a fixed amount for my connection, and I get unlimited download, I regularly down load albums, Disk images etc, and i have never been cut off.
If you pay for a unlimited service, it should be just that. You can't start wingeing just because people use an unlimited service they pay for.
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You would have to be a complete moron to beleive in creationism, I understand the role that religion plays in society and that some people feel that they need to bow down to some omnipitent being to give there life meaning. (Oh and if there is a god that is all powerful and he made us to worship him, don't you think thats just a little bit shallow for a perfect all powerful Deity) But to beleive that the Earth and the Universe is only 6000 years old, in the light of all the overwhelming evidence of that proves evolution and that the universe in billions of years old is not a leap of faith it's a leap back into the dark ages when science was demonised and people were burned at the stake for any attempt to better mankind. We should take all the creationist and take away all the technology that they depend on all the things that science has given them and watch them complain about how they miss TV and their MP3's and theirs cars, and then remind them that according to there beliefs none of things can exists because science is wrong!!! Sorry for the rant. Not for the sentiment.
Of course but the article said that he had offered them alternatives in form of OpenOffice and that he had expressed concerns and had been overuled by his manager. Sounds like he had done all that already. I would never advocate taking legal action on a whim, you should always settle things privately were possible, and reasonable.
I agree, I work for a big company, and do alot of installations but don't handle licensing, yet I know that we have a half decent confiuration managment process in place that is monitoring and making sure we have it correct. In the original story Mister anonymous states that he is being told to install multiple copies to save money, it's not a question of the company not knowing if the licensing is there, they are breaking copyright agreement to help better line their own pockets. Thats just wrong!
It is sometimes difficult to do the right thing, you may just do what you are told, not rock the boat, not be labelled as a trouble maker, something that could follow your carier for a long time. However if you are brave you can do the right thing, take them to court, by asking you to do something you know is illegal, something you feel is wrong and threatening your continued employment if you don't is surely a breach of the contract of employment they have with you, and undoubtedly illegal. Take them for everything they've got!!! Would I be brave enough to do this if I were in that position? Probably not!
Absolutley, but this particular provider puts no download limits on any of its packages, the only diffences are bandwidth diffences. I've got a 10meg service which I recently upgraded from a 2meg service. I don't have any problems, and their infrastructure seem perfectly capable of dealing with the load.
I pay a fixed amount for my connection, and I get unlimited download, I regularly down load albums, Disk images etc, and i have never been cut off. If you pay for a unlimited service, it should be just that. You can't start wingeing just because people use an unlimited service they pay for.