Help is on the way

[Jim]

MS seems more than willing to encourage its corporate customers to 
investigate alternative sources of software.  From the article below, MS 
is considering replacing its perpetual licenses with a fixed-time license. 
 Now just how much more encouragement will an IT executive need?  He can 
pay MS now AND pay MS later.  This is obviously a response by MS to either 
force its customers into its upgrade scheme to insure corporate profits 
(MS's, of course).  Even if you find no compelling reason to upgrade to 
MS's latest and greatest, you may still be forced to pay them to continue 
to use your current not-so-latest-and-greatest incarnation of their 
software.

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5851009.html?tag=tp_pr
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Jim

Bliss comes from within, ignorance from without