Fund. Of Business Control Microsoft recently rewrote its corporate user license agreement in anticipation of windows and office xp. This new agreement forces many companies to comply with Microsoft's new rules or face a software audit to discover if any pirated programs have been installed by the company or their employees. Many corporations are fearful that their employees have installed such software and therefore must comply or face legal actions. The agreement also stipulates that …showed first 75 words of 704 total…

…showed last 75 words of 704 total…of their consumers. Most customers have little choice since there are so few options, but there are still options available. Microsoft has a strangle hold on the operating system market, but users can find other needed programs from vendors such as Sun that have a much better customer satisfaction, and product quality rating from consumers. Software consumers must try to be less dependent on Microsoft so that they can avoid being manipulated in the future.