Looks like a typical ms bait and switch to me.

does no one realize it has been ages since microsoft made a good product? let's try 13 years. NT 4 was it, 2000 wasn't bad, 95 took the cake in the home. everything after that was just building on shaky ground, when what they should have done was scrapped everything and did it over from the ground up. seriously. it's not even usably efficient, just accustomed to by everyone who has to use it. it's time for something different. i'm biased, tho, i miss the days of DOS and Power Menu.

Microsoft seems to be doing a lot of hard work to alienate and piss off people these last few years. I guess they like hurting self inflicted wounds eh?


same as low life crack/smack dealers business models, give ya kit away to the susceptible/vulnerable, get um hooked, then write your own pay checks, well done M$ O_o

The profits being made from these facilites is rediculous compared to the actual level of care they provide so I see it as one shark biting another in the arse.

Does the word SUCKER come to mind?

Just when you thought they couldn't get more venal, next they'll be using kill bits to stop them using the software until they sheck out the denarii.

Fun times, maybe they'll start charging themselves more for using their own software.

Vendor Lock-In - "How do you want to get screwed today?"

HB

If there's one thing I know about aged care homes here in Australia its that they're underfunded and struggle to survive already.

Way to go MS. These guys don't really have the money to spend. With tactics like this I wouldn't be surprised if they force a move towards open source software.

Why am I not surprised? This is totally sleezy and a direct mirror of drug dealer tactics. Supply the smack (err... product) cheap until the victim is hooked then jack the price up massively.

You would think at this stage that *any* organisation would know that if you get into bed with Microsoft you will get a nasty rash.

It is a despicable act though, to give so much to people only to get them hooked so you can charge them into the future.