Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 01:36:46 +0000 From: Tor Sigurdsson <tosi@suse.starf.rhi.hi.is> Message-ID: <20001231013646.D8200@dustpuppy.suse.starf.rhi.hi.is> Subject: Re: [SLE] End Of Volume Discounts Shuts Door On 'Consumer' Windows Actually most corporate users use NT4 or W2K, and this move of M$ only clarifies that they don't intend W9x for the corporate mass-market, but rather for the game-playing home user... Now how about some more killer games for linux ? :-) -tosi On Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 10:33:17AM -0500, Fred A. Miller wrote:
End Of Volume Discounts Shuts Door On 'Consumer' Windows
Microsoft announced plans to discontinue volume licensing for Windows 95, 98 and Millennium Edition. The impact on corporate users is unclear. Some analysts said they expect some corporate users to be affected; several corporate users reached by Computerworld said they won't be.
http://computerworld.com/cwi/story/0%2C1199%2CNAV47_STO55696_NLTos%2C00.html
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