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Microsoft backs down on Office 2013 licensing changes 
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Microsoft backs down on Office 2013 licensing changes
By Juha Saarinen | Mar 7, 2013 | Comment Now 
Listens to customers.
 
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Microsoft Office upgrade cycle favours renters over buyers
By Juha Saarinen | Feb 15, 2013 | Comment Now 
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By Brett Winterford | Jan 26, 2010 | 6 Comments 
Deal formally announced on a public holiday.
 
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Microsoft customers call for simpler licensing 
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By Dave Bailey | Oct 6, 2009 | Comment Now 
Email your complaints to Ballmer.
 
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Microsoft revamps software licensing structure 
Software
Microsoft revamps software licensing structure
By David Neal | Jul 16, 2009 | Comment Now 
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Microsoft issues critical SharePoint SP2 fix 
Software
Microsoft issues critical SharePoint SP2 fix
By Iain Thomson | Jun 30, 2009 | 1 Comment 
Microsoft has issued a fix for a licensing flaw that had affected its SharePoint software since the introduction of service pack two (SP2).
 
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Software
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By Sholto Macpherson, Brett Winterford | Jun 4, 2009 | Comment Now 
Companies pushing ahead with desktop virtualisation risk opening themselves up to "hundreds of millions of dollars" in Microsoft licensing fees, according to IBRS analyst Dr ...
 
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By David Neal | Mar 21, 2009 | Comment Now 
Microsoft has revealed this week that sat-nav firm TomTom is counter-suing the Redmond company for an alleged patent breach.
 
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By Aharon Etengoff | Aug 21, 2008 | Comment Now 
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Microsoft revamps licensing for Vista launch 
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By Robert Jaques | Jan 19, 2007 | Comment Now 
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Microsoft revamps licensing for virtual era 
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Microsoft revamps licensing for virtual era
By Paula Rooney, Fleur Doidge | Oct 11, 2005 | Comment Now 
Microsoft has announced plans to give virtualisation a lift, partly by easing its licensing demands around virtual servers and workloads running on Windows platforms.
 
Microsoft changes Software Assurance licensing 
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Microsoft changes Software Assurance licensing
By Fleur Doidge | Sep 26, 2005 | Comment Now 
Microsoft has made changes to its Software Assurance licensing program, including benefits and asking corporations to pay up for Windows Vista enterprise edition when the new ...
 
Microsoft Oz ponders SMB licensing changes 
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Microsoft Oz ponders SMB licensing changes
By Byron Connolly | Nov 25, 2002 | Comment Now 
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