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Quocirca's Straight Talking: License this software
Comment All this can lead to unnecessary support and software update fees. However, despite the high financial costs associated with non-compliance, not to mention the potential negative publicity, most organisations today... [18 Sep 2008]
Microsoft interoperability makes "substantial progress" in schools
News The new scheme will enable schools to run competitor software, such as Apple and Linux operating systems, without having to pay Microsoft licence-fees for those systems. Becta, the government body in... [17 Sep 2008]
Web 2.0 prompts love for open source
News Nonetheless, Forrester found many companies are staying away from proprietary vendors for new projects, largely in order to avoid licence fees, and or are going with open source for particular... [24 Jul 2008]
Nokia, Qualcomm settle patent dispute
News The agreement was announced after a court judge delayed the opening of a trial on patent commitments and fees. Financial terms of the agreement were not released but the companies said Nokia will pay royalties to... [24 Jul 2008]
Mobile operators warn over termination rate cuts
News According to the GSMA, operators' costs vary across the EU by a factor of four - owing to differences in things like labour costs, licence fees and population density - so "a single rate just wouldn't be... [30 Jun 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The one-box generation
Comment In the UK, for example, the BBC is funded by licence fees paid by some 24 million households, plus hotels, pubs, restaurants and offices. Such a trend poses interesting questions for the future,... [26 Mar 2008]
Software licensing costs set to fall
News He said: "We would advise IT organisations to use BPO and open source alternatives to improve their negotiating power with software suppliers as well as employing the emergence of third-party vendors as a means to reduce higher... [16 Nov 2007]
Where next for TomorrowNow?
News Oracle, in its lawsuit, has alleged TomorrowNow engaged in illicit downloads to give it a competitive advantage by offering low support and maintenance fees and faster time-to-market services. At the heart of the issue,... [04 Jul 2007]
Second Life software goes open source
News Raven Zachary, an analyst for the 451 Group, said: "Server-based virtual worlds reliant on subscription fees aren't a good match for a fully open source business model. Linden Lab released the viewer software under the... [09 Jan 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Open source licences
Cheat Sheet That said, you should realise that you may well end up paying for open source software - if not through licence fees then through service and support fees, for instance. When using open... [20 Nov 2006]
SMEs and open source - a perfect marriage?
Comment Not having to worry about software licence fees and proprietary protocols makes you less vulnerable to changes in vendor strategy. SMEs using open source can save money on more than just... [11 Jul 2006]
Red Hat landed with JBoss patent suit
News Both JBoss and Red Hat use the business model of charging for support and services of open source software, rather than levy licensing fees for use of proprietary technology. Hibernate is an object-relational mapping... [03 Jul 2006]
Microsoft CRM fees 'undercut by canny resellers'
News Microsoft's ongoing attempts to establish itself in the customer relationship management (CRM) market are facing a new challenge: canny resellers using other Microsoft technologies to reduce the licence... [09 May 2006]
Skype rings up tones for phones deal
News Skype also signed a deal with the MCPS-PRS Alliance, a UK-based organisation which collects licence fees and distributes royalties generated from recorded music. Skype's new licence... [26 Apr 2006]
JBoss-Red Hat deal good for customers, say analysts
News JBoss was already being used as a bargaining lever by BEA and IBM customers to lower their WebSphere and WebLogic licence fees. Customers are likely to benefit from Red Hat's takeover of JBoss, according... [12 Apr 2006]
