Ballmer: Don't Expect Simpler Licensing Soon

nk497 writes "Steve Ballmer has admitted Microsoft's licensing is too complicated and contains too much fine print, but has no plans to change it at the risk of angering shareholders — and even customers who benefit from the confusion. "I'm sure we have fine print we don't need. We're not saints," he said, adding that customers have a way of figuring out how to pay the least amount of cash possible to use Microsoft's software. "Customers always find an approach which pays us less money.""

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Re:Obligatory Open Source comment

[dkleinsc]

Actually, the "Format C:" step is a waste of time, because the Linux installer will reformat the drive again for you using the file system of your choice (default is typically ext3 or ext4).

Re:Wow, Microsoft is trying a new approach

[ffreeloader]

I'm sorry, but your post just cracked me up. Microsoft being choosing honesty?

[sarcasme]
The next thing Ballmer will be telling us is that when they send the BSA around to different businesses that MS is having to refund licensing costs based on the holes in their legalese.

Poor MS. With all their billions of dollars they can't find a lawyer capable of writing a licensing scheme that isn't so full of holes that MS isn't being driven to the poor house by their predatory customers....
[/sarcasm]

Re:Wow, Microsoft is trying a new approach

[ffreeloader]

re: I'm sorry, but your post just cracked me up.

That was the intent

OK. I didn't realize you were being sarcastic, as there are so many shills on this site who would post something like that seriously that it's hard to tell sometimes....