I changed one full department and may spread the change further by using the BSA's scare tactics and their current advertising campain. My boss heard one
of their ad's that say "We'll fine you 100,000 dollars per incident, which can add up to millions!" and asked if we are compliant.... I honestly answered, that if a
sane person did the audit, yes. but by BSA standards... no, and if we are ever audited they will leave with a fine on us even if we were 100% perfect... it's just
like OSHA, they never leave without issuing a violation. I also informed him that cince the employees are allowed to take their laptops home there can be
upwards of 20 violations per computer as we have no control over what the employees do at home or outside the building... I can wipe all the laptops, but then
the salespeople will whine again..

he then asked me if there was another solution, and I wipped out my Redhat 7.3 laptop with open office..

Guess what... we're gonna switch to NON-MS.. all thanks to the BSA.

so basically... Use Microsoft's and the BSA's tactics to your advantage... push the fear,loathing and threats they are pushing... keep mentioning the 100,000
dollar fine PER incident. that the companies sensitive data will be accessable by strangers during the BSA visit, and the business disruption and public
notification by the BSA that XYZ company STEALS.

works great..... Thanks Microsoft and the BSA for the BEST tools a Linux Advocate could ever want.