[LUAU] furthering the drive away from Windows at all costs

[R. Scott Belford]

Jim Thompson wrote:
> Microsoft plans to go after mid-sized businesses which it >suspects< of
> using "illegal" copies.
> 
> http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=8235
> 
>> Microsoft will take a new approach toward mid-size companies it
>> suspects of using unlicensed software, sending a series of letters
>> culminating in a threat of legal action from the Business Software
>> Alliance (BSA), a company official said today.

Mid-size companies - this is essentially our economic backbone.  I guess
if they leave the SMBs alone, some will be overlooked.

> 
> 
> Perhaps its time for HOSEF to issue a press release.

I've been thinking about this for a while, and you are right.  I just
watched Bill Gates on The Daily Show, and, well, there really must be a
better way.  Microsoft is about to get a lot of free press and media.
I'll work on drafting something.

> 
> jim

--scott