MS Licensing: Pay Now Or Pay More Later
News Market researcher Gartner on Tuesday again warned corporate technology managers that they could pay more for their next Microsoft software upgrades if they fail to sign up for a controversial licensing plan before a 31 July deadline.
[May 22, 2002, 9:25]
Major Price Hikes Force Office XP Users To Upgrade
News For example, businesses using Windows versions before 2000 or XP before the deadline would have to upgrade to one or the other to join Software Assurance. However, if customers don't upgrade all of their machines to Office XP before an October 1...
[May 14, 2001, 8:17]
Licensing Buoys Microsoft Again
News But the increase in unearned revenue was slower than in earlier quarters, in part because the deadline for new licensing sign-ups was set for a date one month into Microsoft's first fiscal quarter. Companies faced the same deadline for signing on...
[October 18, 2002, 9:08]
Microsoft Extends Deadline For License Change
News Bowing to customer pressure, Microsoft has extended the deadline for business customers to sign up for a licensing program, just days after backing off a controversial provision that forced some to pay twice for software they purchased.
[October 8, 2001, 11:00]
Government Delays IT Recycling Directive
News The DTI said it had encountered "major practical difficulties" in meeting the original legal deadline of August 13, 2005 for implementing the section of the directive which deals with the obligations on producers and retailers to dispose of...
[March 29, 2005, 16:25]
