Comments on: Software Auditors Crack Down As Recession Bites http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-solutions-applications/software-auditors-crack-down-as-recession-bites-2968 Enhancing business with technology - in association with eweek.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:33:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James Ng http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-solutions-applications/software-auditors-crack-down-as-recession-bites-2968#comment-398 James Ng Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:34:37 +0000 http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-solutions-applications/software-auditors-crack-down-as-recession-bites-2968#comment-398 Hmm... when has buying a software equates to renting a room? I thought when we buy a product, we get to keep the product. And software is a product in this case. I will say paying a subscription for a service is more like renting it. I think the copyright matter has to be defined clearly and stop corporations from abusing it. The lawyer quoted in the article seems questionable to come up with such analogy. Hmm… when has buying a software equates to renting a room? I thought when we buy a product, we get to keep the product. And software is a product in this case. I will say paying a subscription for a service is more like renting it.

I think the copyright matter has to be defined clearly and stop corporations from abusing it. The lawyer quoted in the article seems questionable to come up with such analogy.

]]> By: Rufus Polson http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-solutions-applications/software-auditors-crack-down-as-recession-bites-2968#comment-397 Rufus Polson Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:36:26 +0000 http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-solutions-applications/software-auditors-crack-down-as-recession-bites-2968#comment-397 There's never been a better time to look at open source solutions, which can really cut down both on the surprise fees and on the effort and expense needed to track all the licenses to avoid those surprises. There’s never been a better time to look at open source solutions, which can really cut down both on the surprise fees and on the effort and expense needed to track all the licenses to avoid those surprises.

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