Microsoft tweaks its Small Biz Server plans
MS-Watch | at | by Mike
Redmond raises the number of clients supported, while axing the price of its entry-level release of its product due out in early October.
This week, Microsoft went public with plans to price the low-end version of its forthcoming Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 product at $599. That price includes five client-access licenses (CALs). The higher-end version will stay at the same price as the current SBS 2000 product, $1,499 (with five CALs included).
When asked whether Microsoft's moves are an offense against Linux in the SMB space, Hunter says, "we're always keeping our eye on Linux." "We think users out there want value," and that's what SBS 2003 is designed to provide," Hunter says. "With Linux, customers are not looking so much for value as for cheap or free."