The Business Software Alliance (BSA) sent me a letter: 'You may have heard that the Business Software Alliance is investigating San Diego area organizations that use unlicensed software.' It threatened 'penalties sometimes totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars.'
What's disturbing is the tact of putting forth unsubstantiated accusations with their 'assume everyone is guilty approach.' No other industry treats their customers as criminals by default. Can you imagine getting such a letter from the music industry about your CD collection?
As for the BSA's demand to see my 'license and registration,' I'll let them know I'm running LindowsOS — all the software on my computer is from the Lindows.com Warehouse. For $99, a user can access 1,000+ programs with a single click — no serial numbers, no activation codes, no complex tracking.
Michael Robertson, Lindows.com
