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Backlash from the unspeakably unpopular Licensing 6.0 has moved Microsoft to work on incentives for small-and-medium-sized businesses. That furious feedback has also prompted Microsoft to form a task force to try and salve what appears to be a very open, self-inflicted wound.
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NEWS
Microsoft, Siebel split on CRM (CRN)
Great Plains and Siebel are getting divorced. The two firms couldn't work out an agreement to keep their Great Plains Siebel Front Office software deal going. Microsoft claims it and Siebel will honor support and enhancement contracts. Microsoft owns Great Plains, and it's likely Redmond's entry into the low-end CRM market didn't exactly sit well at Siebel.
NEWS
Antitrust-friendlier XP is nigh (Bloomberg News)
Microsoft's antitrust-friendlier version of XP should be ready within ten days, according to officials in Redmond. This is the version that will let computer makers and customers hide or display Microsoft programs like IE. Hardware vendors will be able to include other programs from AOL and RealNetworks.
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IT Pro File -- Jack-of-all-trades
Meet IT pro Robert Shahon, a former aircraft mechanic, who shares a Windows migration story and his Windows migration dos and don'ts.
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.NET
Microsoft is betting the farm on it's .NET platform, which aims to create a seamlessly interoperable and Web-enabled computing environment. But what exactly is .NET? You'll find some answers here.
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Protecting sensitive data with .NET Server
Who: Robert Bragg, Have Computer Will Travel
When: Sep 19th. at 02:00 p.m. EDT (18:00 GMT)
Security expert Roberta Bragg explains new security features in Windows.NET Server that will prevent the loss of data encrypted by Windows 2000 Encrypting File System (EFS).
THE MISSING LINK
Florida for a farthing
One person's goof is another person's Goofy. A family in the U.K. managed to fly to Florida for about $23 apiece -- cheaper than the price of one person's meal at Cinderella's Royal Table. Did they hitch a ride on Dumbo's back? Close. Actually, an online travel service called First Choice mistakenly listed the Florida fares. The Dryer family bought six tickets and hoped that Disney magic would keep First Choice in the dark. It did -- until the Dryers got back home and told the media how they had all popped across the pond for about the price of a single one-way ticket from Fort Lauderdale to Orlando. First Choice said a staff member is the one who made the Dopey mistake. The company let the Dryers get away with it and ate the $4,500 it lost.
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