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Re: Is there a free/cheap equivalent to Dreamweaver?
Subject:Re: Is there a free/cheap equivalent to Dreamweaver? From:Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Thu, 7 Apr 2011 13:07:34 -0700
If you bring in real contractors (1099 as opposed to a temp), the
contractors are required under IRS regs and most US states' labor laws
to provide their own tools, and if they use yours you risk being cited
for improper employment classification.
There is nothing wrong with an employer allowing employees to use
their own tools. The issue is with employers not providing employees
with required tools and expecting them to provide them at their own
expense.
Gene
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:21 PM, John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> I think the analogy got mixed up.
>
> Bring in a contractor to remodel your kitchen and he brings in his own tools.
>
> If you bring in a contractor to remodel your web, why shouldn't he be
> able to bring in his own tools.
>
> Where this doesn't strictly apply here::
>
> - The hammer is not designed with a license where you are only able to
> use it at place A and not place B.
>
> - The OP was an employee.
>
> I used to work at a company that supplied asset management software
> that would crawl the enterprise and inventory all software along with
> how it was used compared to its license. it would flag instances where
> it didn't either have a license on file or if it was installed for
> lets say 5 concurrent seats, where and when it exceeded the allowed
> concurrent seats.
>
> This is what IT is afraid of, being audited and having a big fine
> imposed on them by the Association of Software Publishers
> (http://www.asp-software.org/)
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
>> Most construction sites have toolsheds where workers check out what
>> they need. Many workers prefer to use their own tools, but they must
>> be approved by the site manager because if a worker-owned tool injures
>> someone the employer is still on the hook for it.
>>
>> If you hire a construction company to do work on your home, you would
>> certainly expect the crew to show up with tools and not look to you to
>> provide them, but whether those tools belong to the company or the
>> individual members of the crew is between the company and the crew
>> members (a single individual working as a handyman or licensed
>> contractor is the equivalent of a company here). You are a customer,
>> not the employer.
>>
>> Gene Kim-Eng
>
> --
> John Posada
>http://jposada.zenfolio.com/
>
>
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 12:21 PM, John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> I think the analogy got mixed up.
>
> Bring in a contractor to remodel your kitchen and he brings in his own tools.
>
> If you bring in a contractor to remodel your web, why shouldn't he be
> able to bring in his own tools.
>
> Where this doesn't strictly apply here::
>
> - The hammer is not designed with a license where you are only able to
> use it at place A and not place B.
>
> - The OP was an employee.
>
> I used to work at a company that supplied asset management software
> that would crawl the enterprise and inventory all software along with
> how it was used compared to its license. it would flag instances where
> it didn't either have a license on file or if it was installed for
> lets say 5 concurrent seats, where and when it exceeded the allowed
> concurrent seats.
>
> This is what IT is afraid of, being audited and having a big fine
> imposed on them by the Association of Software Publishers
> (http://www.asp-software.org/)
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
>> Most construction sites have toolsheds where workers check out what
>> they need. Many workers prefer to use their own tools, but they must
>> be approved by the site manager because if a worker-owned tool injures
>> someone the employer is still on the hook for it.
>>
>> If you hire a construction company to do work on your home, you would
>> certainly expect the crew to show up with tools and not look to you to
>> provide them, but whether those tools belong to the company or the
>> individual members of the crew is between the company and the crew
>> members (a single individual working as a handyman or licensed
>> contractor is the equivalent of a company here). You are a customer,
>> not the employer.
>>
>> Gene Kim-Eng
>
> --
> John Posada
>http://jposada.zenfolio.com/
>
>
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