SMALL and medium businesses in Singapore are persistent users of illegal software, according to an annual report from anti-piracy group, Business Software Alliance (BSA).
Despite relentless efforts by the BSA to stamp out the problem by prosecuting both purveyors and users of illegal software, piracy caused dollar losses of approximately US$163 million (S$239.6 million) last year.
Businesses use pirated software because it is cheap.
For many business users, proprietary software with its user licensing structure continues to be prohibitively expensive.
Beyond the upfront cost of software purchase, there are support and upgrade costs that add to the total cost of ownership.
For a small and mid-sized business, the cost of using a suite of desktop productivity software and basic business applications - such as an inventory management system and a customer relationship management (CRM) application - could be a burden once the purchase price, ongoing licensing and support costs are taken into consideration.
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Friday, June 5, 2009
Pirated software not worth the risk
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