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| | Guitar maker plays a Linux tune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Ernie Ball Inc., the global manufacturer of guitar strings, electric guitars and basses, that bears his name, is now making a name for itself as a software industry pioneer. |
 | | Ernie Ball ended up settling with the BSA over claims related to use of unlicensed software to the tune of $90,000. |
 | | The company was able to pull old desktop computers out of retirement, as its network is designed so that applications run off a main server, and are accessed using low horse-power desktop computers, or "dumb clients." For that reason, adding new users, or changing a user's credentials, can be managed centrally. |
| www.infoworld.com /articles/hn/xml/02/11/27/021127hnerniball.html?s=IDGNS (1302 words) |
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