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Friday, 24 April 2009 |
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Usually careful and selective with its promotional discounts, Microsoft is discounting almost all of its major products, through all of its volume discount plans, as it approaches the end of its 2009 fiscal year. The company is also waiving a fundamental rule of Software Assurance (SA) in an effort to encourage customers to buy Windows 7 upgrade rights in advance of that product's release. The changes offer customers some significant benefits and could signal longer-term price reductions or rule changes. However, they also pose some risks to Microsoft and its resellers over . . .

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