<a href="http://groups.google.com/group/mil-oss?hl=en">http://groups.google.com/group/mil-oss?hl=en</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 4:59 PM, George Allen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:glallen01@gmail.com">glallen01@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">It's true.<br>
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What list is that?<br>
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On 8/26/10, Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> A quote from another mailing I'm on (OSS in military) had me chuckling -<br>
> equating software piracy prosecution to small arms fire and IEDs.<br>
><br>
> --quote--<br>
> I'm trying to express the licensing pains that we have all felt in the<br>
> field. The vast majority of MS installations are on "pirated" licenses -<br>
> and there is a myth that the services have an "enterprise licenses."<br>
> Someone called to get the "Enterprise License" code and we were informed<br>
> that licenses were all associated with various system purchases, and that<br>
> someone at the unit was supposed to be keeping track of all the licenses.<br>
> Of course this was not occurring - so we added "software piracy prosecution"<br>
> to the "Operational Risk Management" matrix along with small arms fire, IED<br>
> attack, vehicle accident, vehicle mishap and dehydration.<br>
> --end quote--<br>
><br>
> Thus the growth of Open Source Software in military and all branches of<br>
> government. It's not always "official" but like in corporate IT shops, it<br>
> comes in with the tech crowd "below the radar" until it reaches a critical<br>
> mass and some management person realizes they have both good tools and cost<br>
> savings using these things. Then it becomes "official". Then it becomes<br>
> mandatory. Then we win!<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> --<br>
> James P. Kinney III<br>
> I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk effortlessly in chains.<br>
><br>
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