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| Ramon F Herrera... |
 Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:35 pm |
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| Ramon F Herrera... |
| Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:08 pm |
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On Aug 3, 12:35 am, Ramon F Herrera <ra... at (no spam) conexus.net> wrote:
A friend of mine says that he seems to recall that Bill Gates
apologized to Ernie/Sterling
Ball for this.
Can anyone confirm or deny?
-RFH |
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| Ramon F Herrera... |
| Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:12 pm |
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On Aug 3, 1:09 am, "Moshe Goldfarb." <brick_n_st... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
Quote: On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 22:35:01 -0700 (PDT), Ramon F Herrera wrote:
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"SEATTLE — Sterling Ball is Microsoft-free. Two years ago, the maker
of Ernie Ball electric guitars and strings was slapped with a $90,000
fine by the Business Software Alliance for what the company says was
unwitting use of eight unlicensed copies of Microsoft Office."
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2003-02-26-deskto...
-RFH
Who cares?
I do.
And I am the most important person I know.
-RFH |
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| Moshe Goldfarb.... |
| Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:09 am |
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On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 22:35:01 -0700 (PDT), Ramon F Herrera wrote:
Who cares?
Ernie Ball is a very small company and this is from 5 years ago.
They got caught with their pants down pirating software.
Next you'll be bringing up Lardo Florida and their Linux migration.
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Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/ |
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| Moshe Goldfarb.... |
| Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:14 am |
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On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 23:08:05 -0700 (PDT), Ramon F Herrera wrote:
Quote: On Aug 3, 12:35 am, Ramon F Herrera <ra... at (no spam) conexus.net> wrote:
2003
"SEATTLE ¡X Sterling Ball is Microsoft-free. Two years ago, the maker
of Ernie Ball electric guitars and strings was slapped with a $90,000
fine by the Business Software Alliance for what the company says was
unwitting use of eight unlicensed copies of Microsoft Office."
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2003-02-26-deskto...
-RFH
A friend of mine says that he seems to recall that Bill Gates
apologized to Ernie/Sterling
Ball for this.
Can anyone confirm or deny?
-RFH
I can find out for you.
I know some people who work there.
What I do know is that the entire affair was way over the top and that they
were treated like common criminals.
Uncalled for IMHO as they are an excellent company.
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Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/ |
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| Moshe Goldfarb.... |
| Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:37 am |
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On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 23:12:36 -0700 (PDT), Ramon F Herrera wrote:
Quote: On Aug 3, 1:09 am, "Moshe Goldfarb." <brick_n_st... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 22:35:01 -0700 (PDT), Ramon F Herrera wrote:
2003
"SEATTLE ¡X Sterling Ball is Microsoft-free. Two years ago, the maker
of Ernie Ball electric guitars and strings was slapped with a $90,000
fine by the Business Software Alliance for what the company says was
unwitting use of eight unlicensed copies of Microsoft Office."
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2003-02-26-deskto...
-RFH
Who cares?
I do.
And I am the most important person I know.
-RFH
Hahaha!
Touche'
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Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/ |
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| Chance Furlong... |
| Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 2:11 am |
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In article <i2wlktiv1hbs.16hov54m867sp.dlg at (no spam) 40tude.net>,
"Moshe Goldfarb." <brick_n_straw at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
Quote: Next you'll be bringing up Lardo Florida and their Linux migration.
Does migration to Linux crumple your pretty pink panties, schmuck? |
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