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Apple Offers Three-Year Upgrade Plan for Server

Posted by pudge on from the but-all-software-should-be-free-man dept.

davidstrauss writes "News.com is reporting that 'Apple Computer is giving buyers of its Mac OS X Server the option of signing on for three years of unlimited access to software upgrades for the same price it charges for a single, onetime upgrade.' This sounds almost like a push in the direction of Microsoft's Licensing 6."

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  1. NOT like Licensing 6 by Ster · · Score: 5, Informative

    Licensing 6 requires an annual fee, which is a percentage of the original purchase price. That's on top of the price for the original software.

    Original 10-User Win2k Server: 1199
    Three-year licensing agreement: (1199 * 29%) * 3 years = 1043.13

    This is different: instead of one upgrade, you get all upgrades for the next three years at no additional cost.

    Original 10-User OS X Server: 499
    Three-year Upgrade plan: 499

    -Ster