Our February edition of PSQL Insights covered our recommendations for patching and applying necessary updates for the upcoming Daylight Savings Time 2007 changes. I was reading an article about Microsoft’s support for old products, and applying a needed hotfix for the DST 2007 changes. It seems that some of the older products (including Windows Server 2000, Exchange Server 2000 and others) will require a user to purchase the updates for $4,000 . . . wow!

Per Microsoft:
"For products that have entered into the Extended Support phase, Microsoft will provide customers with the opportunity to purchase the DST 2007 hotfix at a reduced price of Four Thousand Dollars (US $4,000). Customers will only be charged a single fee of $4,000 to obtain all hotfixes, for products in Extended Support phase, needed to update their systems for DST 2007.

"For customers who have previously purchased DST 2007 hotfixes for products in Extended Support, Microsoft will reimburse the difference to them under the new pricing category."

A Microsoft representative said that the $4,000 price represents a substantial discount.

"Originally, all the out-of-support patches were $40,000 each. However, we realized this hardship and lowered the price to $4,000 for ALL THE DST PATCHES for our customers best interest. The $4,000 is to just cover costs," he said.

As I said, please read our latest edition of Insights for more information, plus it's free!

http://www.pervasive.com/LP/newsletters/2007/Insights_embedded_Feb/web.asp

-Jim