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[linux] Quel plaisir de n'utiliser que de l'open-source



Extrait d'un survey montrant que plus de 36% des 'corporate enterprises' 
utilisateurs de MS sont décidés à réagir aux nouveau schémas de licence 
(tendance continue puisque il y a six mois, c'était 36%, maintenant 38% : ce 
n'est donc pas une réaction épidermique)

http://www.sunbelt-software.com/survey_02mar.cfm

Microsoft Licensing 6.0 Survey     (voir la fin : les menaces !)
=========================


Executive Summary 

Negative reaction to the upcoming Microsoft Licensing 6.0 Program is 
increasing and not lessening, as the August 1, 2002 launch date looms closer. 
A significant portion -over one-third - 36 percent -- of corporate 
enterprises report they don't have the necessary funds to upgrade to the 
Microsoft Licensing 6.0 Program, while another 38 percent say they are 
actively seeking alternatives to Microsoft products.

Those are the results of the latest Information Technology Intelligence 
Corp./Sunbelt Software, Inc. independent oll of over 1,500 corporations 
worldwide. Those polled included Windows 2000 network and systems 
administrators, Exchange and SQL administrators as well as Chief Technology 
Officers, Chief Information Officers and Chief Operating Officers. Reactions 
from those polled indicate outrage and resentment over the proposed changes 
and price hikes in the forthcoming Microsoft Licensing 6.0 Program is 
building. As a result, companies said they are much more willing to actively 
contemplate a switch to rival software products. Linux, Unix, Novell's 
eDirectory, Corel and Star Office are the products which are the products 
most often cited by users as the platforms they might migrate to in the event 
they do switch from the Windows, Active Directory and Office platforms. 

(....)

Over two-thirds of corporations who have completed or begun the negotiation 
process reported that they did not experience any pressure from Microsoft 
sales representatives if they voiced hesitancy about signing up for the new 
licensing scheme. 
         
Some six percent said they had been threatened with an audit if they didn't   
         ^^^^^^^^^^
sign and 26 percent said the Microsoft representative alluded to the 
possibility of an audit. 

However, it should be noted that a disturbingly disproportionate number of 
Canadian firms - including large government organizations and banks, told 
ITIC and Sunbelt that their firms had been threatened with the threat of 
software audits unless they upgraded to Microsoft Licensing 6.0. In some 
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
cases, unethical Microsoft sales representatives also insisted that they 
upgrade to the highest priced Enterprise Subscription Agreement or face 
audits that could potentially cost their firms millions of dollars in true-up 
fees and penalties if they were found more than five percent out of 
compliance.


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