Tampilkan postingan dengan label microsoft. Tampilkan semua postingan
Tampilkan postingan dengan label microsoft. Tampilkan semua postingan
Kamis, 02 September 2010
Senin, 30 Agustus 2010
Microsoft Is Being Greedy by Charging Charities
Use Microsoft and pay an arm and a leg - well maybe not quite. Schools using Microsoft software have always enjoyed a discount on the number of copies they use for teaching purposes. Until recently charities also used the Academic Open licence. Microsoft got tough on them and shut them out of the cheap licencing system. An Australian charity negotiated with Microsoft and got a good deal paying only 40 percent of the full rate. Seventeen charities now enjoy this benefit.
It pays to negotiate individually. Anglicare Tasmania got an even larger discount. So much pressure was brought to bear that other charities were allowed back onto the new Charity Open licence which is very cheap indeed. Microsoft is still playing a waiting game keeping charities that do not make a challenge on the full enterprise rate.
Let's face it. Microsoft is too greedy. It has the market to itself and governments need to legislate to override international trading laws. It is a monopoly and should be controlled accordingly. Before discounting Microsoft demands $150,000 up front. this is a strong arm tactic. Some countries protect consumers from finance company demands when they cannot pay a loan on time. There should be similar protection laws from Microsoft. Some charities are moving to Red Hat software. They shouldn't have to do this.
It pays to negotiate individually. Anglicare Tasmania got an even larger discount. So much pressure was brought to bear that other charities were allowed back onto the new Charity Open licence which is very cheap indeed. Microsoft is still playing a waiting game keeping charities that do not make a challenge on the full enterprise rate.
Let's face it. Microsoft is too greedy. It has the market to itself and governments need to legislate to override international trading laws. It is a monopoly and should be controlled accordingly. Before discounting Microsoft demands $150,000 up front. this is a strong arm tactic. Some countries protect consumers from finance company demands when they cannot pay a loan on time. There should be similar protection laws from Microsoft. Some charities are moving to Red Hat software. They shouldn't have to do this.
Kamis, 26 Agustus 2010
New Australian Data Storage Software
Australian offers a new method of uploading and storing data. The "Memory Box Backup" uses new algorithms for greater security. This new software won the 'Best Tools and Infrastructure’ award at the Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards and the company got the gong for 'Best Startup Company' at the 2009 iAwards. Gianpaolo Carraro of Microsoft Australia said the company deserved the honours.
Trevor Glen put the idea together on a tight budget. Now the firm is offering shares in the new product to raise capital for a propitious market launch. The developer says Memory Box offer significant return to global software companies with stockpiled cash after the financial crisis.
While the product appears to be sound the capital raising intent is aggressive. Far too strong for many potential investors. If the software is solid why is capital sought at all? History indicates that money making schemes were run in the past. A case in point was the Sarich rotary engine that went after capital for twenty years to eventually run out of steam with a dud product.
Trevor Glen put the idea together on a tight budget. Now the firm is offering shares in the new product to raise capital for a propitious market launch. The developer says Memory Box offer significant return to global software companies with stockpiled cash after the financial crisis.
While the product appears to be sound the capital raising intent is aggressive. Far too strong for many potential investors. If the software is solid why is capital sought at all? History indicates that money making schemes were run in the past. A case in point was the Sarich rotary engine that went after capital for twenty years to eventually run out of steam with a dud product.
Langganan:
Postingan (Atom)