[KLUG Members] Never happen, but fun to watch
Robert G. Brown
members@kalamazoolinux.org
Wed, 11 Dec 2002 12:00:05 -0500
>On Monday they announced a new quasi-concurrent-user licensing scheme. I
>haven't read the fine print; but this could potentially take alot of wind out
>of the Linux-Is-Infinitely-Cheaper sails.
>http://update.internetweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eJyE0BhIND0V30Bn5I0Ad
I beleive I hear the scraping noise of furniture being re-arranged on the
Titanic. It is hard to tell if the movement is motivated by the decorators,
or the steadily increasing angle of the deck and the effects of gravity.
You will find that Microsoft, like so many large organizations with premium
priced products before it, will have a very hard time giving up those markups
and payment model to match.
Moving to advocacy....
Regards,
---> RGB <---