"At least one analyst was unimpressed. 'Software Assurance has outlived its usefulness,' said Paul DeGroot of Directions on Microsoft, a Redmond, Wash.-based research firm that specializes in tracking Microsoft's moves. 'The farther we get into this [new upgrade cycle], the less attractive SA has begun to look.'
Software Assurance, which was launched in 2001, lets customers pay an annual fee -- ranging from 25 to 29 percent of the outright license -- for the right to upgrade to any and all updates of that product during a two- or three-year span."
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"Now it appears that Microsoft is not just encouraging customers to use the program but requiring them to--at least if they want access to its newest products, analysts say."
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