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The real reason piracy is down

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The real reason software piracy has declined lately is the wealth of Open Source software uot there When quality software is available for free, with tech support being the revenue stream, piracy is not really an issue.

In our case, we are a small office of 10 people. We use Linux on all desktops except the development machine (dual boot XP) and our mobile units running 2000, all properly licensed of course. We run NOLA for accounting, Open Office for the office suite, and our own LAMP application running on a webserver (apache) on PHP

The RIAA has helped the alternative music channels with open warfare against it's customer base and terrible music as a product. BSA is doing the same thing here.

Sue small business, and what accounts for 80% of businesses won't rush out and buy the latest office and Vista. They'll either downgrade to software they are licensed for (including paper and pencil) or move to Open Source to protect their interests.

We would love an audit, but it wouldn't be woth the drive. We have 5 site licenses for XP, 1 is used. 10 licenses for 2000, 5 are used. 2 licenses for Office 2003, None used. 1 license for Office XP, 1 used. The rest is GPL. Do your worst.

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