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To: DiViT who wrote (61761)10/19/2001 6:03:42 PM
From: Bill Fischofer  Respond to of 74651
 
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Microsoft says companies upgrading every two years will see a 19 percent decrease in software costs. "But generally that's not what people are doing," said Gartner analyst Neil MacDonald. "It's more like three or four years, and those people are going to see a substantial increase."

In that sense, Microsoft is not unreasonable in asking customers for more money, Giga's DiDio said.