[Techtalk] Micro$$$oft license fees...

[Walt]

Well, here we are a small company and I
get this call from Warehouse.com letting
me know that if I haven't subscribed to
the Microsoft "Software Assurance" protection
racket, I'll have to pay new price for all
upgrades to any Microsoft software after
July 1. Is this for real...?

If my math is correct, it will cost me $2600+
for my 16 Win98 licenses; $864 for 6 Pro/NT
licenses; and $245 for one MS Office license
just to become part of this "software assurance."

Anyone else encounter this yet?

Guess who's going to be converting to
StarOffice and WP real soon.


Walt

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