Software Cops

Re: “LAUSD May Settle Lawsuit Over Software” (July 21)

Led by Microsoft (who else?), the software cops are going after the schools--how courageous. What an easy target, for a mere $300,000 settlement, and at what cost?

These people should give their software to the schools--is there a better way to get a user community developed so you can sell more software?

No, instead, they go for crumbs at the expense of our beleaguered public schools while the real software pirates in Asia go untouched.

No wonder Bill Gates has become the antichrist to so many. Gee, go after the schools, and help further the divide between the haves and have-nots--corporate responsibility at its best.

JIM KALEMBER, Agoura Hills