MSFT Services for UNIX now free.
According to
Geek.com, Microsoft has now stopped charging for their Services for UNIX package (used to be $99)
From their website:
bq. Regardless of your personal opinions of Microsoft or its products, there are a few points about this topic that demand attention.
bq. First, from a business perspective this move is a great idea. Making a migration and interoperability product free makes much more sense than selling it. Costless testing, evaluation, and full utilization is valuable to finance-stressed I.T. departments, and there is a good probability that those companies will end up purchasing products from Microsoft to make their changes even better. This is especially true of companies that are trying to switch from proprietary hardware UNIX systems. Those companies are more likely to actually purchase products than a company that is just working on interoperability ideas.
bq. Second, the fact that SFU has won an award from LinuxWorld says quite a bit about its quality. I know of no Linux group that would bestow such a title on a Microsoft product without first contemplating the alternative of chopping off a limb.
Cool deal!!!
Posted by DaveH at January 14, 2004 11:58 AM