Comments on: Software cartel accuses Sweden

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:17:18 +0000

True, i hadn’t even thought about them buying “solutions” from consultants who would have been responsible for supplying the software as well. As for who would check?

Back in 96 a company down here in Oz, turned around sold a govt department some pc’s equipped with ibm/cyrix 486 chips, but charged them for intel 486 chips instead. Big deal? Well, the ibm/cyrix chips were slower, and a big percentage cheaper than the intel ones. So they’d been charged the price of the more expensive chips, but had been supplied with the cheaper chips.

They got caught when the IT manager at the govt department took the cases off the pc’s to record all the serial numbers of everything inside the case for their insurance. The company didn’t last long after that. If there’s one thing govt’s HATE, it’s someone trying to turn the tables and rip them off ;o)

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 13:08:23 +0000

Good points Tony.

What about the fact they’ve hired someone to set up their network and the company sold them computers with the Illegal software on it. Big money in doing that. And who would really check? They bought them from a legit busniess.

These guys need to get all the facts before they start pointing fingers. Their going to end up with egg on their faces.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:33:51 +0000

Let me see if i understand this properly. These 2 clowns have just accused swedish govt agencies and departments of engaging in criminal activities without going to the police and providing any proof or evidence of their claims?

Ok. I don’t know what swedish law is like in that regard, but i’d be surprised if those guys don’t wind up in some kind of legal trouble over this.

Oh yeah, and speaking of their “statistics” does anyone know if they’ve STOPPED counting macs as pc’s for the purposes of “number of computers sold vs number of copies of windows sold” yet? I’m amazed that apple hasn’t jumped on these organisations for labelling mac purchasers as windows pirates because they’ve bought a “pc” without paying for windows.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 21:37:34 +0000

Not America…. They can do whatever they want… And you can’t say that its right or wrong… Most countries would agree with me that the US is very wrong as far as most of its laws go…

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 21:34:17 +0000

“Resources for police and prosecutors “who work with copyright protection” should also be increased, adds the story.”

Does this include pay increases ?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 20:51:34 +0000

This just goes to show that the state/goverment everywhere do not abide by the laws that they want imposed on everyone else.