[Fsf-friends] Microsoft Unveils Licensing Discounts To Counter Linux

[Raju Mathur]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nf/20021127/bs_nf/20105

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"What's happening is that Microsoft sales reps have been instructed to
be on the lookout for any businesses that are migrating some of their
machines to the Lindows OS," Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio told
NewsFactor. "If [the sales reps] think there's a real threat of some
pretty large numbers of defections to open source, they can request
authorization from Microsoft higher-ups to offer steeply discounted
pricing."

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