Ballmer defends Microsoft license plan
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Wednesday defended the software maker's controversial licensing plans and its ever-changing consumer strategy.
Ballmer, speaking here at a conference sponsored by market researcher Gartner, acknowledged that Microsoft's recent decision to implement a new software licensing plan has angered some customers. "Sometimes when you clean things up and simplify things, you wind up costing some customers more, and that's problematic," he said...more [CNet News]
It's more than just problamatic, it's irritating as hell. Microsoft changed it's plans to line its own pockets, not help simplify things for customers. The only people who benefited by this were companies who previously bought every update that came out -- most companies don't do that. This reluctance to purchase every bloated/useless upgrade was 'hurting' Micro$ofts bottom-line (if you can call anything hurting a company with 30+ billion dollars in reserves). Meanwhile we wait to see what the outcome of the antitrust case will be -- Microsoft just continues to rape the computer buying public...mj
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