No one likes price increases. But organizations have to face the fact that Microsoft Corp. has hiked the price of its user
client access licences by a not inconsiderable 15 per cent.
According to this report from Computerworld U.S., industry analysts say that while the price of device
CALs stays untouched, there’s no bright side to the news.
Microsoft’s move comes after it raised the price of Office 2013 in what industry analysts said was a plan to get buyers to go for subscriptions to the cloud-based Office 365.
They also see the recent move on CALs as a similar way to convince buyers the cloud model should be preferred.