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Does Microsoft complicate its licensing on purpose?
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| Navigating Microsoft's complex rules and
| programs for software licensing has been
| notoriously difficult for businesses -- a
| pain point not lost on the company, which
| for years has said it is trying to
| simplify the process for customers.
|
| But remarks made recently by Microsoft's
| top executive, as well as suspicions
| raised by customers and software
| consultants, suggest that Microsoft keeps
| its licensing complicated for a reason,
| and that it has no plans to make it any
| simpler in the foreseeable future.
|
| [...]
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| Customers tend to take a big-picture view
| of licensing, according to Elop -- that
| is, they look at the value it adds to
| their businesses overall, rather than
| dwell on the minutia of individual
| licenses required for the products they
| use.
|
| "Customers want the amount they pay to be
| tied to the value that theyâre driving,
| the usage theyâre getting -- thatâs why
| these models are so complicated," he
| said. "For different customers, these
| things are measured in different ways.
|
| "What a customer will do generally is
| take a big step back and say, what am I
| paying for e-mail? What am I paying for
| collaboration? And they will make a
| determination as to whether they think
| thatâs fair value or less than fair
| value," he said.
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139171/Does_Microsoft_complicate_its_licensing_on_purpose_
Recent:
The Difference Between EULAs and Open Source Licenses
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| As a result, GPL court cases have all (as far as I know)
| been ruled in favour of the GPL, whereas EULA court cases
| have sometimes been ruled in favour and sometimes against
| EULAs. GPL: clear-cut. Abide, or lose in court. EULA:
| muddy. You never really know where you'll land.
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http://www.osnews.com/story/22233/The_Difference_Between_EULAs_and_Open_Source_Licenses
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