This is the stepping stone to the subscription-based service
that Microsoft is steering towards. If you want continued
access to your data, you will have to subscribe to their
products. This is clearly laid out in UCITA.
The alternative is the lifestyle we all know and love.
George
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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