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Oh, you must mean those nasty letters that demand those using older versions of Windows and associated products pony up for license and software upgrades or be sued for running "illegal" software. REEEAAAAAAAAAL smooth!

My company is fairly large, with international sites and we are getting hit badly with the Enterprise fees that are now demanded annually. Even the big businesses are getting tired of the constant payola requests. Our latest print services are going to be Unix because MS Server 2003 doesn't like our in-house software and MS keeps demanding more money to "fix" the problem.
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I wonder.....  Ployd_Farker | 01/28/04
Mike Cox is having lunch with his MS rep  Taz_z | 01/28/04
In Aspen?  IT_User | 01/28/04
Nope...He cant be  nite_w0lf | 01/28/04
LOL(nt)  el1jones | 01/28/04
It won't be  Squawkbox | 01/28/04
Oh...  BitTwiddler | 01/28/04
And this means what?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/28/04
You must have missed this part  Taz_z | 01/28/04
Taz, Taz...  Martin Marvinski | 01/29/04
Nice stretch...  Patrick Jones | 01/28/04
false sense of security  stephen732@... | 01/28/04
Hey, you always seem to listen to the linux polls  Bobby Sskcat | 01/28/04
Are there such polls?  IT_User | 01/28/04
1/10 say SCO Impacts Adoption of Linux  David Mohring | 01/29/04
That small businesses lack resources  IT_User | 01/28/04
I tend to agree on that IT_User.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/28/04
And this means what?  NoB$ | 01/28/04
Does this bother you for some reason?  voska | 01/28/04
It may be an indicator  doctormoriarty | 01/29/04
Y  Martin Marvinski | 01/29/04
Y  Martin Marvinski | 01/29/04
We'll see.  John L. Ries | 01/29/04
More cracks in the MS shell  nite_w0lf | 01/28/04
Microsoft is dying?  George Jay | 01/28/04
Of course..where have you been?  Bobby Sskcat | 01/28/04
...meanwhile, back in reality...  LightningShrike | 01/28/04
Re: Innovation  Rabid Conservative | 01/30/04
I hate to burst your bubble  George Jay | 01/28/04
rome  Rembrandt Pussyhorse | 01/28/04
Smooth Talk?  AbsolutelyNot | 01/28/04
And for every smart company like yours ...  George Jay | 01/28/04
You're not seeing the big picture.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/28/04
You're not seeing the big picture  George Jay | 01/29/04
Re: New Product  Rabid Conservative | 01/30/04
Enron was showing excellent profitability  km4hr@... | 01/28/04
Creative Accounting ...  George Jay | 01/28/04
It's not just the license fees....  Jose Jimenez | 01/28/04
BSA tactics backfiring...  rkhalloran | 01/28/04
The BSA, Microsoft and the definition of Extortion  David Mohring | 01/29/04
I find many  JWatson77 | 01/28/04
yes but...  stephen732@... | 01/28/04
Too Bad  Bobby Sskcat | 01/28/04
I expect we'll see a survey soon to contradict this one  George Jay | 01/28/04
Full Contradiction  agramont@... | 01/29/04
Microsoft Stole a $10 DomainName from a 17 Year Old...  claytonmuhler | 01/28/04
Um, no they didn't...  BitTwiddler | 01/28/04
The original lawsuit threat was a knee-jerk reaction  AbsolutelyNot | 01/28/04
Free Training for MS Product = A Bad Addiction  brenthawkinsmd | 01/29/04
Re: Um, no they didn't...  Rabid Conservative | 01/30/04
Incorect terminology  nite_w0lf | 01/28/04
innovation  LightningShrike | 01/28/04
Although...  Bobby Sskcat | 01/28/04
Standards don't innovate...  IT_User | 01/28/04
That's close, but not quite correct  George Jay | 01/28/04
re: innovation  dwest_z | 01/28/04
LOL  Bobby Sskcat | 01/28/04
Linux innovation  paul@... | 01/28/04
Like Corel and Lotus Smartsuite  FilledOut | 01/30/04
you have it all wrong  ryusen | 01/28/04
Wary, maybe. Weary, definitely  Franklin_z | 01/28/04
They should be wary...  nograin | 01/28/04
Doesn't tell the whole story  Chad_z | 01/28/04
I agree...  nograin | 01/28/04
Advantage, big business  IT_User | 01/28/04
I would bet on small and medium business  el1jones | 01/28/04
Yes, I remember that  IT_User | 01/28/04
Remember the "LAN story"  Xunil_Sierutuf | 01/28/04
I long for the day...  wease2000 | 01/28/04
My rep is closing business left and right..  Mike Cox | 01/29/04
Typo?  Robert Crocker | 01/29/04
Ah, you beat me to it! (NT)  IT_User | 01/29/04
Most welcome evidence...  FederalistPaperBoy | 01/29/04
I'm particularly wary...  Yen_z | 01/29/04
no ax to grind - no comment on this one  cvos | 01/29/04

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