Microsoft to tweak licensing plan for SMBs
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Microsoft is widely expected to tweak its Licensing 6.0 volume licensing program Saturday in an effort to make the program more appealing to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) which rejected the plan when it went into effect in August 2002.
Gartner Group analyst Alvin Park said Microsoft began training its channel partners in the new licensing option, dubbed Open Value, on Nov. 21, 2002. He said Microsoft will make the option available in the U.S. and Canada on March 1, 2003. A similar program launched in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in September 2002.