[Gllug] New Microsoft Licencing scheme

[Alex Hudson]

On Tuesday 18 September 2001 10:46, you wrote:
> I thought that this would interest many as again M$ exerts more pressure
> to move from their products.

They've been advertising this for ages, unless there's some change in the 
text I missed. The latest trade press are saying that MS are listening to 
users: even though this change has been publicised for months now, people are 
only now beginning to squeak. I personally think MS will put the date back 
again - one of the main problems is that this change is taking place in the 
middle of a financial year, so all the people who stuck their head in the 
sand months ago have now realised the mistake they've made.

It'll also be interesting to see how this stands up in a potential recession. 
With capital expenditure down the pan (as it appears to be right now - is 
anyone here spending significantly?) upgrades, etc., will be next - and I 
don't see people buying into continuous contracts (such as Assurance) any 
time soon.

Where I work the desktop standard is 98SE + Office 97 Pro. I'm not going to 
change that any time soon: 98 works well on our hardware, and there's little 
(if any) reason to upgrade Office - perhaps the only people for whom this 
could be useful are our developers and finance dept., both of whom could 
usefully use a better Access. Having invested in the licences, and having 
seen the upgrade prices on Office (basically, after February, it'll be the 
full whack for each user, although discounts for bulk will still apply, but 
there won't be an upgrade discount) this system (which continues to serve us 
well) is going to last a good while yet.

Cheers,

Alex.

 

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