| Companies cringe at Microsoft licensing [USAToday] |
May 13, 2002
Writing at USAToday, Byron Acohido reports on the resistance to Microsoft's new software licensing program for businesses . . .
" . . . An April survey of 1,400 companies found 36% would not opt for the new program and 38% were looking for alternatives to Microsoft . . . "
" . . . many companies resent paying upfront for an unknown product. And many don't want to upgrade as often as Microsoft suggests . . . "
"Rather than heed Microsoft's July 31 deadline to 'get current', Clendon Feeney has begun switching from Microsoft to Linux . . . "
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