Microsoft Unbundles Software For NY City

doishmere writes "Microsoft has agreed to sell individual pieces of software to NY City workers, rather than forcing each seat to buy a full suite of software. The city has created three classes of users based on which pieces of software they need to perform their job, and Microsoft will sell software packages tailored to each class at a reduced price."

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The Key Is

[DannyO152]

Getting money for something someone else has done. The NYC employees uses a Mac or LibreOffice, it matters not, Microsoft still collects.

Re:Microsoft

[somersault]

It's impressive that you typed that well thought out post (your first post, no less!) all in one minute after the story was made public, despite lack of a subscriber account. It's almost like you knew beforehand that this story was going to appear and wanted to get some pro MS sentiment in before anyone else had a chance to say anything..! How much were you paid for that, exactly?

Clippy says:

[MrEricSir]

It looks like you're shilling for Microsoft. Would you like to:

* Talk about how Microsoft solutions are enterprise ready
* Bash Google and/or Apple for no apparent reason
* Mention the hidden costs of open source
* Cleverly forget to mention Microsoft disasters such as Bob, the Zune, Windows Mobile, or Vista

Re:Clippy says:

[h4rr4r]

We have seen how this company operates over many years.

Saying something nice is fine, posting an obvious premade shill piece is not.

Re:Clippy says:

[Dancindan84]

What, was ME just too below the belt?

Re:Clippy says:

[MobileTatsu-NJG]

It looks like you're shilling for Microsoft. Would you like to:

* Talk about how Microsoft solutions are enterprise ready
* Bash Google and/or Apple for no apparent reason
* Mention the hidden costs of open source
* Cleverly forget to mention Microsoft disasters such as Bob, the Zune, Windows Mobile, or Vista

Just once I would like to see a +5 accusation of shilling include a solid rebuttal.

Re:Clippy says:

[randallman]

That's actually a really good point. I suspect there may be a correlation between age and views about MS. In fact, I'm sure that luring in young developers (counting on them not knowing MS history) is on their agenda.

Over the past 15 years, I've gone from pro-MS to agnostic to "avoid when possible" based largely on their behavior. But young developers don't know about DR-DOS, Netscape, MS JVM, or even the recent OOXML fiasco. So for those that don't understand the reasons for the seemingly automatic negative responses, a single action doesn't eclipse an entire history or even come close to meaning that they've "changed" as the shill put it.

If MS wants to gain respect, they've got to consistently play nice. That means supporting standards instead of trying to own them. That means playing nice instead of trying to lock out competitors with their monopolies. But I really can't see this happening unless they are broken up or they lose enough market share so that they're forced to compete on merit. They're too addicted to their current business of locking in customers and leveraging their monopolies.

Re:Microsoft

[h4rr4r]

If you're one of those that appreciate quality, you go with Microsoft.

Is this sarcasm?

I mean you even mention the red ring of death producing machine right there.

Re:Microsoft

[Anonymous Coward]

Check out the last three digits of the ID number on the GP's new account. I think his affiliations are pretty clear.

Re:Microsoft

[Hylandr]

Well, at least he's right about Visual Studio(as far as Windows is concerned). The fact that the Express version is free AND comes with a free implementation of MSSQL only cements it in because it is the entry point, it's free, and it's what everyone uses in lower division college courses. No better way to lock in your market

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