Well this could be good news for Corel down the road if the users wake up to MS's overpriced and sub performance products.
Users react to end of Office deal
news.com
"If we were to begin with 10 percent of the desktops for concurrent licensing [of Office 97], i.e., 400 licenses, the cost would be $36,000," Cottle wrote. "If, on the other hand, we have to license [per] desktop, the cost is $360,000. For us that's the operational definition of 'prohibitive.'"
Microsoft rival Corel, whose Word Perfect suite holds less than 10 percent of the corporate office suite market, disagrees with Microsoft's estimation of the demand for concurrent usage.
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