[Am-info] Microsoft desktop licensing driving customers away

[Gene Gaines]

>From Infoworld.

MICROSOFT DESKTOP LICENSING DRIVING CUSTOMERS AWAY

Posted June 14, 2002 11:14 Pacific Time

IN AN INFORMAL poll conducted by InfoWorld this week,
42 percent of respondents said that even though they
currently use Microsoft servers they are planning to
switch to non-Windows software on the server side
because of discontent with the company's controversial
licensing plan for desktop products.

The prospect of IT shops gravitating away from
Microsoft's servers, at a time when the company is
expected to deliver its critical next generation of
Windows .Net servers early next year, could open up
opportunities for competitors such as IBM, Sun
Microsystems, BEA Systems, and the ever-changing
collection of Linux vendors.


For the full story:
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/06/14/020614hnmmslicensing.xml?0614frpm



Gene Gaines
gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com
Sterling, Virginia  USA


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