FLECOM
Bay Networks Freak
Premium
join:2003-03-03
Miami, FL
|  ow!
thats gotta hurt?!?
i would really like to know how ~100 people can use $5 MILLION dollars in software???
i mean, damn, thats a lot of money... :eek:
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Agent_haito
join:2002-09-20
Winston Salem, NC | OOOOOPS
Using those burned copies of Windows 2000 Server and Professional?
Alright who snitched!!! |
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russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA | Anyone for a conspiracy theory?
Company starts challenging The Phone Company --- successfully --- and suddenly they're under investigation? |
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Voyager2K2
join:2001-10-04
Wayne, PA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| said by russotto  :
Company starts challenging The Phone Company --- successfully --- and suddenly they're under investigation?
You mean "Criminals starts challenging The Phone Company", right Russotto? |
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morbo
Complete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
00000
clubs:
 ·Charter Pipeline
 ·AT&T Southwest
| reply to russotto
said by russotto :
Company starts challenging The Phone Company --- successfully --- and suddenly they're under investigation?
my thoughts exactly.
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R. Kelly = child molester/ child pornographer |
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DHRacer
Fire Survivor
join:2000-10-10
Lake Arrowhead, CA
·Charter Pipeline
·Verizon west (ex G..
| Just wondering...
Maybe that's why they were doing so well? If they didn't pay for $5 mill of software when they started up, that's a lot less startup capital they needed and profits come all that much quicker.
I think that it could be probable that they were sold down the river by the phone companies who are desperate to get rid of Vonage by turning them in to the Software Piracy commission.
However, it should be noted that they are "under investigation" which means that they may be the subject of a vicious rumor...and it isn't true. Have to give them the benefit of the doubt until it's proven one way or the other. |
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akristov
join:2001-01-31
Tampa, FL
clubs: | The CEO Citron was fined $22.5 million dollars. He has obviously made a ton of money of of E-Trade. I am sure he will have no problem swallowing another $5 million. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Idiots
Should have used Linux  They deserve to get burned. |
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LoonRadio
Tranquility Base
Premium
join:2003-02-13
Erewhon | Wait...
I thought it as Datek being investigated, not Vonage. In spite of having the same founder, the two may not be related.
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Klaatu, Barada... Necktie! |
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murdok6100
Avatar. Get It, Avatar?
join:2002-06-20
| reply to pnh102
Re: Idiots
said by pnh102 :
Should have used Linux They deserve to get burned.
Absolutely, big business need to realize that running Linux is a sure fire way to keep piracy down.
No matter how good the intentions are of big business, there will always be piracy. Employees dont give a rats fat one about it, and wouldn't think twice about burning a copy of Windows for "personel" use.
murdok610 |
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murdok6100
Avatar. Get It, Avatar?
join:2002-06-20 | reply to LoonRadio
Re: Wait...
"Klaatu, Barada... Necktie!"
Yeah yeah, I got your damn words.....
That made my day.
murdok610 |
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jhboricua
ExMod 2000-01
join:2000-06-06
Minneapolis, MN
clubs: | hmm...
I wonder which Vonage employee got pissed off. |
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David
No,there is another.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
clubs: |  OOOOOOOOPPPPPPPSSSSSSS!!!!
Damn, that is why they did not buy more software... |
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fact verifyer
@cable.earthlin | reply to akristov
Re: Just wondering...
Not ETrade, Datek. |
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DH01
join:2003-03-20
45407
| SBA=Confederacy of Snitch Enablers
...and about as useful as teats on a boar.:(
Does anybody think these clowns do anything other than waiting Gestapo-style for phone calls from disgruntled ex-employees and the like?
I liked the message upstream about Linux. Vonage should take a few weeks, swap out all their Windoze systems for Linux, and then invite the SBA in for a good old game of 'pucker up and kiss my a**'. |
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Frohike
Premium
join:2000-07-23
Waxahachie, TX
| reply to russotto
Re: Anyone for a conspiracy theory?
A conspiracy?? Man, thats just too funny to read.
You must blame everything on ILECs then?
"Oh look, my car won't start"
"Hey, whats that SBC Maintenance truck doing here??"
"My car won't start, SBC truck by the curb, Oh my god, SBC has sabotaged my car!!!"
The above was just a dramatization, any correlation between this and your reality, is purely coincidence and totally unrelated. |
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bored_in_nh
join:2003-01-04
Stamping Ground, KY | ROFL! I once overheard a CTO at a company I worked at say he'd rather see a fire truck out front when he got there in the morning than a telco truck. Damn telcos ... they canceled Star Trek you know ... |
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bhan261
join:2001-02-12
New York, NY
| reply to DH01
Re: SBA=Confederacy of Snitch Enablers
100% agree!
My company was reported to BSA by a former employee as being "under licensed". Funny thing is, the person who did the reporting was the one responsible for managing all our software licenses. As it turned out, the ONLY thing we were underlicensed on was a quad-processor server that came with MS SQL Server loaded and even Dell didn't know you needed four licenses for it. But the time, energy and legal bills to fight these bastards were enormous.
I guess the snitch accomplished what he wanted, though. |
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sporkme
drop the crantini and move it, sister
Premium,MVM
join:2000-07-01
Morristown, NJ
·Optimum Online
| reply to bored_in_nh
Re: Anyone for a conspiracy theory?
said by bored_in_nh :
ROFL! I once overheard a CTO at a company I worked at say he'd rather see a fire truck out front when he got there in the morning than a telco truck.
Sounds like a smart guy. Whenever an ISP opens a ticket with Covad for a downed-line, there's an area to specify whether any telco trucks/employees were seen in the area previous to the outage. It is genuinely a needed piece of info, because many of those monkeys like to take out their aggression on pairs tagged for SDSL. Sad, but true. |
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what phone companies
@192.76.x.x | reply to russotto
You mean start challenging the long distance companies |
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