Companies cringe at Microsoft licensing

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USA Today: “Fierce resistance is brewing to Microsoft’s new software licensing program for businesses… But many companies resent paying upfront for an unknown product. And many don’t want to upgrade as often as Microsoft suggests. Office 97, released five years ago, is still widely used despite rollouts of Office 2000 and Office XP. Rather than heed Microsoft’s July 31 deadline to “get current,” Clendon Feeney has begun switching from Microsoft to Linux.” Read more here.