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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."

2 of 14 comments (clear)

  1. What about normal Mac OS X? by Mr.+Spleen · · Score: 3, Insightful

    After all the complaints for charging $129 for Jaguar, maybe Apple could do something like this for regular Mac OS X? Somehow I doubt they will do that though.

  2. Have to avoid pissing of the developer community by tupps · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When doing this you would have to make sure that you don't lose to many of your ADC paying members. These members get software updates for free and is part of the 'value' they get from Apple. Admittedly they get more as well (discounts on machines, developer CD's shipped at regular intervals etc).

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