Microsoft i s no t alone in this. many of the companies would like to get more dollars and have a better bottom line. But how is the best way to get folks in line?

I have been a fan of working a compliance check to see if a company is okay or not. If they are not they should be given an options to workout a compliance schedule or be required to buy now. The compliance schedule would be to buy software over a few months to get there, thus Microsoft gets the revenue they should get and the company does not have to stop using the software or go bankrupt buying large amounts of software outside the budget. This offer would be a one time offer.

Microsoft and other large software houses can only make money selling, a company should pay for what they are using, and employees should install only what they legally own. But some software is more in demand then companies have money for. And also there are times that it is very hard to manage who has what.