Author: JT Smith
From InternetWeek: “A licensing disagreement with Microsoft forced Alaska Airlines to scrap a plan to give pilots browser access to a mainframe work-scheduling application, said CIO Robert Reeder. The initial plan was to run terminal emulation software on Windows NT, letting pilots access the app from their home PCs and airport kiosks. When Microsoft heard about the application, it demanded that the airline pay for a full-time license for every computer that would access the app, Reeder said. “I told them that was ridiculous,” he said. “I can’t license every computer in the world.””
