Traditional software licensing: Why you pay more and a look at your options
Posted on April 11th, 2008 at 2:47 pmIt’s hard to believe that some of the most profitable software companies in the world–Oracle, Microsoft and SAP–are sitting on a licensing model that is untenable in the long run and will increasingly irk customers. But there may be a revolution in the cards that could tip the balance of power, argues Gartner.
In a presentation, Gartner analyst William Snyder makes the case that software profit margins will erode. These software giants will fall to the same pricing pressures their hardware cousins. Snyder spoke at the at the Gartner Emerging Technologies Conference this week.
Hey it is about time that some of the companies start to pay attention to what the customers want and release some of the drivers/codecs/ whatever and allow everyone to play on level field, Baldy
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