b-davis@utah-cs@sri-unix.UUCP (09/24/83)
From: b-davis@utah-cs (Brad Davis) Quote from September 12, 1983 Computer Systems News, page 20: "Microsoft Drops Some Compiler Fees" "Microsoft Corp. has dropped completely all fees for run-time support versions of its language compilers that third-party software vendors are required to include with their applications packages. Until now, software developers using Microsoft's BASIC, Business BASIC, and COBOL compilers were required to pay $40 per copy or $2000 per year to include the run-time support package when they sold their applications." "Microsoft changed the requirement in order to enhance its competitive position in the compiler market and to yield a standard pricing policy for all languages, ... No runtime support fees have been required for Microsoft's Pascal, C, and FORTRAN compilers."