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Submission + - Microsoft Shoots Own Foot in Iceland (yaxic.org) 1

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David Gerard
David Gerard writes: "The Microsoft Certified Partner model is: an MCP buys contracts from Microsoft and sells them to businesses as a three-year timed contract, payable in annual instalments. Iceland's economy has collapsed, so 1500 businesses have gone bankrupt so aren't paying the fees any more. But Microsoft has told the MCPs: "Our deal was with you, not them. Pay up." The MCPs that don't go bankrupt in turn are moving headlong to Free Software. Taking most of the country with them. (Warning: link contains salty language and vivid imagery.)"
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  • MCP = Microsoft Certified Professional
    MPP = Microsoft Partner Program

    âoeAha!â says the suit from Redmond. âoeYou made a contract with us, and another with them. Their inability to uphold their end of the contract does not invalidate your commitment to us.â

    Now, i don't know how Microsoft operates in Iceland, but what i know for sure that here in Switzerland, this licensing model is not the default (sounds like Open Value). And in the case of Open Value, if you as a reseller agree to such

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