Originally Posted by fizzwheel

You guys need to start doing what I have.

I've started putting my foot down and I dont comission anything now that doesnt have an appropriate license bought for the software thats being installed on it.

I dont rack the server, i dont install the OS and I wont let the software get installed unless I've seen a PO thats been signed for the software purchase.

I managed to p*ss off a couple of project managers and now they are starting to get the message, but we're still hideoulsy under licensed in pretty much every area and we've had a warning about it and still our head of IT doesnt want ot pay for licenses.

His argument is basically we've got away with it for so long we might as well keep trying to get away with it.