Microsoft cuts software leasing costs to retain companies
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
In an attempt to retain recession-hit companies seeking to opt out of their software maintenance contracts, Microsoft is wooing them by cutting the price of leasing software by as much as 26 percent.
"A lot of enterprises will say, 'You're not giving me anything anyhow, so kiss that revenue good-bye,'" an analyst told Computerworld last fall.
While cutting maintenance contracts can lead to trouble down the road with some software vendors, it's relatively painless for companies to cut SA and stay on the current version of software, which they own the right to run indefinitely, anyway, DeGroot said.