*heehee*
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/98/0907/6205050a.htm
get yer checkbooks out, gang ;) Under the new MS licensing plan, you
pay for each person who *might* use the system, not for the actual
copies of software. have an office with 300 computers and 500 employees
who use them? You used to buy 300 software seats . . . now you buy 500.
Used to get pro-rated tech support (if you signed up one year into two
year corporate contract period, you paid 1/2 price). Now, if you sign
up in last month of contract period, you pay for two years, and get
billed again for your next two year term next month . . .
"Why aren't more corporate users switching to
cheaper substitutes? Because Microsoft's software
has become so ubiquitous that getting rid of it would
be like pulling the concrete out from under your
skyscraper. Your report in Word may, for instance,
contain an Excel spreadsheet that regularly queries a
Microsoft SQL server for data from every division
of a company. Would the Corel savings cover the
costs of deinstalling one kind of software, installing
another, converting files, testing the newly
programmed system for software conflicts,
retraining? And will Corel be around in five years?"
The term "over a barrel" comes to mind.
And even more baffling, why would they do something like this that is
going to be a lightning rod for attention, and *relies* upon their
monopoly position to succeed, while the monopoly itself is under
scrutiny?
:P
B
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