:ComputerWorld/AU: Users face 50% price hike on Microsoft products - [Gartner] report
ComputerWorld/AU: Users face 50% price hike on Microsoft products - [Gartner] report Oct 22, 1999, 18 :56 UTC (17 Talkback[s]) (6177 reads) (Other stories by Natasha David)
"Enterprise customers face a 50 per
cent hike in their Microsoft budgets each year until
2002, a Gartner Group study has warned.
The study stated: 'Although Microsoft pricing will
remain ostensibly flat, enterprises using Microsoft
software should expect to pay 50 per cent more a
year as a result of changes to terms and
conditions.' "
"The study added: "We believe Microsoft will
increasingly use changes related to usage as a
means of increasing revenue.' Thomas Bittman, an analyst at Gartner, noted
Microsoft contracts include terms that allow it to
change usage entitlements at will."
