Hmmm to me it just seems that Microsoft is beginning to realize what Red
Hat already knows. The real value is the service.
Carl P.
Jim wrote:
>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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