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Report: Worrisome trends in software pricing
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| A report out from Accenture today calls attention to several worrisome trends
| in software pricing.
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| The report says that software sales to enterprise clients are being clinched
| largely because of sharp discounts of up to 70 percent of the list price. In
| addition, the report says that increasingly there are thousands of stock
| keeping units (SKUs) for each product, making it difficult to adjust prices
| quickly, a problem exacerbated in an economic downturn.
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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/153206.asp?source=rss
Economic Downturn to Slow Government Spending
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| Laclede says federal government agencies typically feel the effects of an
| economic downturn at a slower pace than the private sector and state and
| local governments. That’s because federal agencies run on yearly budgets, and
| they already have the money to spend on IT projects, he says.
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http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/News/Economic-Downturn-to-Slow-Government-Spending/
This will hurt Microsoft. It already does. Several reports agree.
Recent:
Microsoft, Cisco to lose $4.3 Billion as investment banks cut cost
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| The cut in the IT budgets of the revered investment banks like Lehman
| Brothers and Merrill Lynch due to their failure may lead industry giants like
| U.S. based Microsoft and California based Cisco to lose $4.3 billion in
| orders next year. While Cisco earns about three percent to four percent of
| annual revenue from the U.S. financial industry, Microsoft accounted for 22
| percent last year.
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http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/47182
Microsoft will be hurt by financial crisis, RBC analyst says
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| The devastating U.S. financial crisis will hurt software giant Microsoft
| Corp.'s bottom line this holiday season as shoppers tighten their purse
| strings, RBC Capital Markets says.
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http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/tradingdesk/archive/2008/09/29/microsoft-will-be-hurt-by-financial-crisis-rbc-analyst-says.aspx
Ballmer says Microsoft not immune from global crisis
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080930/bs_nm/us_microsoft_ballmer;_ylt=Au5VO.rh_OuPGHCBr9O.m4K573QA
Microsoft's Market Cap Falls $24B in 17 Days
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| Microsoft is on the list. Today, the stock closed at $25.01 a share, down
| $2.39, or 8.72 percent.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/corporate/microsofts_market_cap_falls_24b_in_two_weeks.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
A Microsoft Midlife Crisis?
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| Is Microsoft undergoing a midlife crisis? The software titan's recent mergers
| and acquisitions track record suggests as much. In an attempt to keep up with
| Google and other Web 2.0 stars, Microsoft looks as if it is getting pushed
| around at the bargaining table. The latest act of profligacy came yesterday
| when it paid a whopping premium to acquire Fast Search & Transfer for $1.2
| billion.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119984469725776893.html?mod=yahoo_hs&ru=yahoo
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