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>>I still have no sympathy. If he stole a car from Ford and Ford put it on the evening news, everyone would rightly think he is a crook. In this case he, any many people think he is a victim.
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>Thing is, Evan, he didn't steal anything per-se. According to the story he did have the stuff sitting on the HDs of passed-down machines BUT none of the stuff in question was actually used on those machines.
>Sure it's sloppy, but I really don't think it was worth huge publicity. The 'investigators' obviously had other motives to suit their own purposes and in this case they blew up in MS' face in that THIS customer of MS is now a former customer AND is using the press as the investigators did in the first place.
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>All in all this idea of using a case to "set an example" is a bad idea.
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>>Sheesh, I am a hard... um... butt today.

I think we have to protect the intellectual rights of Microsoft and insure their continued profits. The individual interviewed is the owner of the company and therefore responsible for all actions known or unknown, that his employees carry out. I would send in the SWAT team, televise the event and shoot everyone! That would be a good example that no one gets away with stealing from Microsoft!