[Am-info] Microsoft desktop licensing driving customers away

[Erick Andrews]

On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 16:28:43 -0400, Gene Gaines wrote:

>>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

[...]

And the reason is...is because MS has reached its limit of
capability to deliver anything significantly useful.  Like
many people - big corporate, SOHO and small consumer - 
comes the thought:  "What will I be paying for that I haven't 
already got?"

MS is now supporting its revenue stream with smoke and
mirrors.  Their monopoly has made them lazy.

-- 
Erick Andrews