RE: FWD: On using pirated software

["SHIELDS,SUSAN (HP-FtCollins,ex1)" <susan_shields2 -at- hp -dot- com>]

Dan Hall asked:

>Is there anyone else with similar experience? Larger
>companies buy, smaller companies get away with what
>they can?

My own experience has not been similar. The large company I currently work
for is very careful about legal licensing. The very small companies I've
worked for in the past have all been very careful, also. I think both large
and small shared a healthy respect for lawsuits and bad press but I also
think that basic honesty and personal and professional integrity figured
largely in their decision to be legal. It was easier to see those traits in
the small companies because I knew the principals/decision makers.

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