> I was told that today's obscene software prices goes back to the > consolidation timeframe. > Many shops were around back then and each paying a separate license fee. > Then, huge >"service bureaus" opened up and many shops consolidate to few. > And the few then >"multiplexed" their software licenses to all their clients. > And the software vendors were >badly hurt. So they invented the "pay per MIP" > charging.
>Imagine what MS would __like__ to do (if possible) if Intel came out with a >128 core >processor and data centers collapsed all their servers on a 100:1 >ratio? And wanted to do >the same with their MS software licenses. Oh, and in >addition decided to use Linux desktop >which would "remote desktop" into a >"terminal server" arrangement (so the users would still >be running their >normal Windows applications) so that MS got 1 server license instead of 100 >>desktop licenses. All of a sudden, MS would demand "pay per MIP" as well! >Come to think of >it, I think MS uses "pay per seat" for this arrangement just >to make it undesirable. I thought you saved your rants for Fridays. Bob Shannon ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
