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[LUG] NHS - MS Licensing costs spiral ...

 


http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/07/15/nhs_microsoft/

So they've come to the end of their 9-year special deal which helped earn Billy Goats a knighthood...

Now they may have to pay the full whack or do some serious re-negotiating it seems, as by now they're too deeply in the depths of Microsoft to make a change... Or are they? Who knows, but if only they'd stuck to their guns 9 years ago. Corwards.

One intersting quote:

  "Our source said the only alternative - a move to open source software -
  was unlikely to overcome reluctance from staff to move to less familiar
  systems."

I'm sure a good team of programmers could make something look familiar if they really needed to...

And anyway, what's wrong with change?

Gordon

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