AP News: Microsoft Software Costs Inching Up | Linux Today

AP News: Microsoft Software Costs Inching Up

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 15, 1998

Thanks to Joshua Kramer for
this link.

By driving up the costs of software, it appears that Microsoft
may be moving to take advantage of their monopoly to gain extra
revenue. By crushing all competitors, users will be forced to buy
from MS, no matter what the price.

Is this the future we want to leave for our children?


Complete Story


Alternative link at Yahoo
(thanks to LucFrench@aol.com)

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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