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OpenOffice developers clear Visual Studio licensing hurdle
Talkback Even the title of the article is misleading - while it is technically correct to refer to 'not having enough money to buy a copy of VS' as 'a problem with Microsoft's VS licensing schemes' (since the reason they have a licensing scheme is to...
[February 14, 2005, 18:49]
Irrigation Equipment Manufacturer Reduces Software Licensing Costs by 40 Percent
White Papers To create a more consistent computing environment, Eurodrip S.A.enrolled in the Microsoft Open Value licensing program. Through this program, Eurodrip S.A.gains access to the latest Microsoft software and predictable licensing costs, and saves...
[August 30, 2007, 1:00]
Ruling threatens developers' wallets
News Seattle, Washington-based Timeline is trumpeting an order released last week that confirms a 1999 licensing agreement between it and Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft that bans sublicensing of Timeline's patents.
[February 21, 2003, 10:33]
Microsoft tweaks 'shared source' for Windows CE
News But some say the company's licensing terms could kill interest in the plan. DeGroot also faulted the licensing terms governing the source-code changes, calling them a "deal breaker" for most manufacturers.
[April 10, 2003, 8:20]
US Report: States and DOJ ready to act against Microsoft
News The centre point in both cases will be the software giant's integration of the Internet Explorer Web browser into Windows 98 and the stringent licensing contracts Microsoft imposes on computer markers that limit their ability to customise the...
[May 14, 1998, 9:13]
LindowsOS licences herald cheaper PCs
News Linux software developer Lindows.com has said it will offer system builders a flat-rate licensing plan for its operating system, in contrast to the per-unit fees charged by Microsoft and other software companies.
[June 25, 2002, 13:46]
Apple cuts Mac OS X Server licence fees
News Apple also hopes to woo Microsoft customers that refused to pay recent licensing-fee hikes. The Apple Maintenance Program for Mac OS X Server, available starting Saturday, is in part an attempt to stave off the threat posed by Linux and to grab...
[October 14, 2002, 14:18]
A Year Ago: Friction behind AOL-Netscape-Sun deal
News However, Navio chief Wei Yen was "resolute in not licensing things from Netscape to Sun to Microsoft," according to the document. There were numerous instances of Sun-Netscape clashes, right up until the companies announced the AOL-Netscape merger...
[May 10, 2000, 7:01]
Friction behind AOL-Netscape-Sun deal
News However, Navio chief Wei Yen was "resolute in not licensing things from Netscape to Sun to Microsoft," according to the document. There were numerous instances of Sun-Netscape clashes, right up until the companies announced the AOL-Netscape merger...
[May 10, 1999, 8:48]
Sender ID loses supporters
News While the module, called milter, is open-source, users may still have to agree to Microsoft's licensing restrictions. The criticism of the licensing requirements for the Sender ID standard were published in response to a request for opinions of the...
[September 3, 2004, 9:25]
Microsoft downplays sales expectations
News But without the dip, along with the impact of an accounting change, Connors said that Microsoft's licensing business is growing at a rate of about 7 percent a year. The company also faces a further drop in its closely watched balance of "unearned...
[January 29, 2004, 9:15]
Developers warned over OOXML patent risk
News Academics studying Microsoft's efforts to promote its Office Open XML (OOXML) specification as an ISO standard have called on the software giant to clarify the language it uses in its licensing specifications, in order to make them easier for the...
[February 14, 2008, 11:56]
Microsoft in dock over JPEG patent
News It's unfortunate that, despite Microsoft's recent inquiries about licensing the patent, it chose to file a lawsuit, leaving us no alternative but to assert infringement claims against it," Richard Snyder, chief executive of Forgent, said in a...
[April 25, 2005, 10:35]
Seizing opportunities to go open source
News And now that Microsoft has begun pressuring businesses to pay licensing fees, the environment is particularly primed for open source to take some of that market share. You check with one of your favourite software vendors, and you find out that you...
[November 4, 2003, 10:45]
SQL Server 2008 Pricing and Licensing
White Papers SQL Server 2008 is available under three licensing models: Server plus device Client Access License (CAL) - It requires a license for the computer running the Microsoft server product, as well as CALs for each client device.
[September 16, 2009, 1:22]
US Report: Java targets MS in the enterprise
News Licensees say Microsoft is not involved in defining Java Platform for the Enterprise, which was established before Sun announced its Community Source licensing model and invited Microsoft to rejoin the Java fold.
[December 22, 1998, 16:30]
Microsoft backs up handheld plans
News Microsoft would not comment on the cost of licensing either Pocket PC or Windows CE. However, he warns, such a licensing strategy has several possible dangers for Microsoft. Although Microsoft touts its Pocket PC as the best software package for...
[July 6, 2001, 15:12]
Microsoft pins hopes on .Net Server
News Net Server could give Microsoft a significant boost in licensing revenue -- if customers adopt it. Romanowski also said some of his clients may be eyeing Windows competitors due to Microsoft's new licensing plan, set to take effect next week, which...
[July 26, 2002, 16:14]
Counting the cost of counterfeiting
News Q: How much of Microsoft's counterfeit and licensing problem is of its own making? But it's not only the sheer amount of fake and unlicensed products that makes Alexander's job a tough one; Microsoft's anti-piracy team together with its enforcers...
[May 22, 2006, 13:30]
Open source's new weapon: The law?
News Open-source software advocates will unfurl a legislative proposal this week to prohibit the state of California from buying software from Microsoft or any other company that doesn't open its source code and licensing policies.
[August 12, 2002, 8:29]
