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Microsoft Demands $1.5 Million from Texas Prison System for Software Violations
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2002
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2002, page 26
Microsoft Corporation, the computer software giant based in Redmond, Washington, has demanded a $1.5 million payment for software "licensing shortfalls." The demand was made on the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), the agency that operates the state's massive prison and parole system. In 2001, the TDCJ audited its more …
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