Microsoft price cut targets small firms
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft is planning to release cheaper, no-frills versions of its business-management applications this spring, with prices 30 percent lower than regular versions. The lower-cost "standard" editions will be available for three different software packages developed by the Microsoft Business Solutions unit, a representative said Friday. The newly formed division of the Redmond, Wash., company focuses on accounting, sales and inventory systems for midsize businesses.
The three software lines getting new price tags and packaging are Solomon, Great Plains and Navision, products that were picked up through Microsoft's acquisition of Great Plains Software and Navision.