Hate It!
If you don't Understand
Your Options yet, you will soon. Coming directly
from the horse's site: “After July 31, 2002, Microsoft's new
Volume Licensing program will be fully implemented. Purchasing
Licenses, or Licenses and Software Assurance together, will be the
way customers obtain rights to future versions of products.
However, before that change, many customers may find that a cost-
effective way to obtain rights to future versions of Microsoft
software is to purchase Upgrade Advantage or Software Assurance.”
Is this anything new? Not necessarily. You've always been
licensing their operating systems. Why do you think they call it
an End User LICENSE Agreement? Have you ever taken the time to
read those things? No time like the present to start. I'm not
trying to spread any FUD here, but don't say that you weren't
warned ahead of time.
4 Comments
Anonymous
June 14th, 2002
at 4:25pm
There's no need to read the EULA. All one needs to remember is that MS are going to jack up prices and reduce the amount of time they support older products thereby forcing one to pay for the new stuff sooner. Simple, now practice opening the wallet and smilling.
Anonymous
June 14th, 2002
at 4:35pm
If I ever have the patience to write a program people would download, I'll be sure to put in a long EULA with clauses stuck right in the middle about paying me grand sums of money or something, just to see if it'll work.
I'm kidding, of course.
Anonymous
June 14th, 2002
at 9:38pm
Even more of a reason to pirate their junk.
Anonymous
June 15th, 2002
at 9:05am
Another good reason for me to switch over to Apple just got added to the list. Thanks Bill, your making this easier everyday I wait.