[PLUG] The lion in Salem

[Cliff Wells]

On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 18:09, Derek Loree wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 14:37, Jeme A Brelin wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 12:22:48PM -0700, Cliff Wells wrote:
> > > > >  The bureaucratic paperwork involved in installing
> > > > > one simple piece of software on a State computer is... uh,
> > > > > interesting.
> 
> Is this paper work required if no funds were needed to acquire the
> software?  How about if the software was purchased under a blanket
> license (I think M$ will sell you a multi-million dollar license that
> will allow you to install all of their software on all of your
> machines)?

Often, yes.  It has to do with several factors: money, security,
control, eg: bureaucracy. Simply eliminating one of those factors
doesn't necessarily eliminate the paperwork.

-- 
Cliff Wells, Software Engineer
Logiplex Corporation (www.logiplex.net)
(503) 978-6726  (800) 735-0555