On Monday 14 February 2005 11:50, Gene Heskett wrote: >On Monday 14 February 2005 06:38, Paul Howarth wrote: Paul: My reply all to you bounced. Why are my email messages to you being bounced? Some twaddle about verizon not having a working postmaster address, something which I have absolutely no control over. >>kishore chalakkal wrote: >>> (UN)justice of microsoft: >>> >>> In a little state of India (kerala) microsoft made a contract 3 >>> years ago with the education dept. to use MS products in schools, >>> obviuosly without the permission to copy software. Both Win e >>> Linux were in curriculum. Following the contract, the govt gave >>> training to teachers in win ( and being a poor state, copied the >>> software.) MS was silent of this well known fact till the govt. >>> kicked out linux from schools. Now they are facing a case from >>> MS. but the whole infrastructure is in win. Poor guys... >>> (source: www.deepika.com) >> >>Where's the injustice here? Software was copied in violation of the >>license terms and the consequences are now being faced. If the MS >>software couldn't be afforded legally, it shouldn't have been >> selected in the first place. >> >>Paul. > >Well, IMNSHO, M$ lost their chance to squawk in court forever with >regard to this particular public agency, when they did not squawk > the first time they became aware of the copying going on. Here, we > would call it entrapment. > > >-- >Cheers, Gene >"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." >-Ed Howdershelt (Author) >99.33% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly >Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message >by Gene Heskett are: >Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.33% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
