Microsoft hikes prices, blames brexit (enterprise)

[Sakkura]

43 minutes ago, Misanthrope said:

Isn't Microsoft dealing with Ireland and not North Ireland thus being immune to Brexit?

The price hike is for customers in the UK, who pay in pounds. Since the pound is worth less, they now have to pay more pounds. That keeps the revenue roughly level for Microsoft (whether in euros in its European division or dollars back home).

[jaggysnake57]

1 hour ago, Thony said:

Time to move out and wait for the shitstorm to be over in couple of years.

 

1 hour ago, Prokart2000 said:

Hopefully in a few years this will all level out

ha a couple of years it will be 10 years berfor this country recovers from this......canada have been trying to deal with the EU for 7 years europe as a whole is in some serious shit at the min

[DarkBlade2117]

9 hours ago, N3v3r3nding_N3wb said:

Come to 'Merica, where our pampered, cheese-covered butts get darn near everything at a no-hikeups price.

Thought it's cheaper to move to EU then get a hip replacement in the States

[Monkey Dust]

Such a sharp increase could cause some companies to look elsewhere, I think MS would have done well to increase it more gradually. Especially given Linux's progress in the server market. It also raises a question mark over cloud computing I haven't seen come up before, price volatility due to currency fluctuations, has to be a consideration now for any company based outside the US.

 

I'm assuming most employers wouldn't move to Linux on the employees PCs though because of retraining costs and having tailored software replaced. Though If I have to give up Excel at work for it's Libre office equivalent I shall not be amused. 

[Sauron]

18 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Welcome to Canada, we've been dealing with this for almost 2 years now...

Damn! Slow down, the British don't know there is civilization and issues akin to theirs outside of Her Majesty's Empire! Giving them such news all of a sudden may shock them and make them spill their 5 o'clock tea!

[porina]

36 minutes ago, Sauron said:

Damn! Slow down, the British don't know there is civilization and issues akin to theirs outside of Her Majesty's Empire! Giving them such news all of a sudden may shock them and make them spill their 5 o'clock tea!

Canadialand is still part of of the empire...

[Sakkura]

6 hours ago, jaggysnake57 said:

 

ha a couple of years it will be 10 years berfor this country recovers from this......canada have been trying to deal with the EU for 7 years europe as a whole is in some serious shit at the min

It's just Belgium being extremely Belgian at the moment.

[goodtofufriday]

19 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Welcome to Canada, we've been dealing with this for almost 2 years now...

In the US i get alerts almost every month about price adjustments. Not too different. 

[Belgarathian]

11 hours ago, porina said:

Western democracy in its current form is over-hyped and broken. Optimists are celebrating the sky hasn't fallen yet, but to me it is not a matter of if, but when, and how hard.

 

To the OP's comment about Apple, they would also face the same pricing pressures. 

100% agree, the the cost difference would be larger given the reduced management of the OS over time. 

[Master Disaster]

On 25/10/2016 at 3:58 AM, huilun02 said:

A reasonable proposition would be for all billing to be quoted in Euro, to show that the price hasn't changed since before brexit.

 

Although price adjustment on software for each country is nothing new.

All that would achieve would be to line the pockets of the banks even more as they charge pretty huge conversion rates to customers paying in non UK currency. It cost me £3 to pay $3 because Twitch refuse to acknowledge any currency except the USD exists. 

[Master Disaster]

16 hours ago, Sauron said:

Damn! Slow down, the British don't know there is civilization and issues akin to theirs outside of Her Majesty's Empire! Giving them such news all of a sudden may shock them and make them spill their 5 o'clock tea!

If your going to mock us at least do it factually, afternoon tea is served at between 2pm & 3pm (or 14:00 to 15:00 for the intelligent parts of the world). 17:00 is Dinner time if your from the south or tea (which simply means your main meal of the day) time if your from up north (if your Scottish then 17:00 is open your third bottle of Scotch time).

 

Also I think you meant English, Scotland don't want brexit and are currently beginning their fight back against it. They're pushing for a second independence referendum next year. 

[Sauron]

3 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

Also I think you meant English, Scotland don't want brexit and are currently beginning their fight back against it. They're pushing for a second independence referendum next year. 

Well it was a silly joke to begin with, no point in striving for perfection ^^

[Me1z]

On 10/25/2016 at 1:46 AM, Bouzoo said:

Until the moment when an inspection comes to check if you're using original software. It's cheaper to pay for OS than pay the fine which can be astronomical. And let's not forget the possible legal actions.

Don't forget, this edition is aimed at businesses. 

inspection? Maybe things work differently where you live, but last I checked there was no government agency doing rounds and inspecting computers for licensed software. And if its not sanctioned by the government, why on earth would anyone comply? I'm sure as hell never letting a private organization just dig around in my systems because they feel like it.

[The Benjamins]

5 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

All that would achieve would be to line the pockets of the banks even more as they charge pretty huge conversion rates to customers paying in non UK currency. It cost me £3 to pay $3 because Twitch refuse to acknowledge any currency except the USD exists. 

£3 is $3.67 USD, so you pay less then people that live in the USA.

[haloharry97]

On 10/25/2016 at 0:08 PM, huilun02 said:

USD will work as well. The point is, the pound is weak, not that MS is trying to shaft the UK in particular.

pound is weak, what is USD Super weak/Worthless. 

[Master Disaster]

7 minutes ago, The Benjamins said:

£3 is $3.67 USD, so you pay less then people that live in the USA.

No you misunderstand, it cost me £3 in conversion charges to pay $3 so I ended up paying almost £7 in total. 

[Bouzoo]

38 minutes ago, Me1z said:

inspection? Maybe things work differently where you live, but last I checked there was no government agency doing rounds and inspecting computers for licensed software. And if its not sanctioned by the government, why on earth would anyone comply? I'm sure as hell never letting a private organization just dig around in my systems because they feel like it.

Well here we have a government agency that does exactly that. The agency would be the State Inspectorate. They go on random checks, as well on reports, be it over phone or via an on-line form. 
Since it is a government agency, got luck on not complying. 

[The Benjamins]

31 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

No you misunderstand, it cost me £3 in conversion charges to pay $3 so I ended up paying almost £7 in total. 

well that is not twitches fault, either you pay that or they do. that is what happens when their is no global currency.

 

I use to pay with BTC when I subscribed on twitch, but they stopped supporting BTC.

[Master Disaster]

1 hour ago, The Benjamins said:

well that is not twitches fault, either you pay that or they do. that is what happens when their is no global currency.

 

I use to pay with BTC when I subscribed on twitch, but they stopped supporting BTC.

I didn't say it was, it's the greedy ass banks fault. 

[Wrb]

I hate to sound like a bitter loser, but what else did people think would happen when we voted for ecomic suicide. Seriously, this is the problem now, people don't think. That's why I'm worried about the US election result.