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You need to pay to play with these fine products. If a company is so short-sighted that they let their APA run out, they deserve to be stripped of all products covered under said APA. Microsoft is slaving away on making these products the best in the world, the least you can do is pay and PAY WHEN YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO. For example, I have signed perpetual care agreements with Microsoft. They bill us every year and include several hundred pages of threats with the invoice. I then bring the invoice to finance and DEMAND full payment. My rep then takes me out for an expensive dinner and we celebrate. It is easy.
Posted by: Mike Cox   Posted on: 07/16/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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As it should be...  Mike Cox | 07/16/09
Deluded  robrat69@... | 07/16/09
Then buy the CAL/SAL's  de-void | 07/16/09
You signed up for Perpetual Care?  nizuse | 07/16/09
You misunderstood  nucrash | 07/16/09
Bonus term extension  snberk341 | 07/16/09
Well, knowing Microsoft just the 1st child won't cut it.  nizuse | 07/16/09
RE: You signed up for Perpetual Care?  bfilipiak@... | 07/17/09
You signed up for Perpetual Care?Mk2  elderlybloke | 07/17/09
RE: As it should be...  bfilipiak@... | 07/17/09
You're new here aren't you?  thx-1138_@... | 07/17/09
Hooked several  Dr. John | 07/17/09
10 out of 10 Mike !  JeremyAllison | 07/17/09
RE: Read the fine print in Microsoft's new application platform license  bcmoore87 | 07/16/09
Bilk your customers to increase revenue  itguy08 | 07/16/09
Thank you for the laugh.  James T. Kirk | 07/16/09
You may laugh but he is right.  nucrash | 07/16/09
OH NO! You have to PAY for software???  de-void | 07/16/09
If only that were true...  jeremychappell | 07/16/09
Finally someone with sense...  storm14k | 07/16/09
RE: Read the fine print in Microsoft's new application platform license  digity | 07/16/09
So, APA = Rental. It's not that complicated.  BitTwiddler | 07/17/09
No such Limitations with GPL and Linux  Dietrich T. Schmitz | 07/16/09
**BREAKING: GPL IS MORE LIMITED**  Loverock Davidson | 07/16/09
Please post the section of the GPL  Ole Man | 07/16/09
Not GPL.v.3 which expressly forbids ...  mwagner@... | 07/17/09
I should have been more specific  Ole Man | 07/18/09
Why the GNU GPL Still Matters  Dietrich T. Schmitz | 07/16/09
Doh!  jeremychappell | 07/16/09
carbon footprint  pgit | 07/17/09
Re-read the GPL  NoCalDrummer | 07/17/09
**BREAKING: GPL IS MORE LIMITED**Mk2  elderlybloke | 07/17/09
RE: Read the fine print in Microsoft's new application platform license  pedroroque | 07/16/09
SA is different from APA  Mary Jo Foley ZDNet Moderator | 07/16/09
RE: Read the fine print in Microsoft's new application platform license  fmesposito | 07/16/09
Oh, it's that simple.  TripleII | 07/16/09
Re: Oh it's that simple  fmesposito | 07/16/09
RE: Read the fine print in Microsoft's new application platform license  athaki | 07/16/09
Microsoft is all about saving you money.  TripleII | 07/16/09
This won't save the customer money  rdawson@... | 07/17/09
long day?  tmsbrdrs | 08/02/09
Never Trust Microsoft  David Blomstrom | 07/16/09
Crystal clear ...  Golodh2 | 07/17/09
As clear as ...  thx-1138_@... | 07/17/09
http://www.leconcombre.com/concpost/us/postcard4/alfred_e_neuman.html  Ole Man | 07/17/09
There's an idea!  thx-1138_@... | 07/17/09
Thanx!  Ole Man | 07/18/09
You don't read too well  thx-1138_@... | 07/18/09
Thanks again!  Ole Man | 07/19/09
@Ole: yours is a predictable comeback for a hypocrite  thx-1138_@... | 07/19/09
Thank you for your "respectful" opinion  Ole Man | 07/20/09
In firm agreement...  dca@... | 07/18/09
"this is probably inevitable"?  Ole Man | 07/19/09
RE: Another Microsoft Feast on the humans...  DrBellamy | 07/17/09
Sounds a lot like leasing a car.  mwagner@... | 07/17/09
We're down to one last MS holdout in the datacenter  terry flores | 07/18/09

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