Forced software upgrades can add up for Vista users

05.03.2007

Not all users will care. Large corporations, which generally pay for high-priced maintenance contracts such as Microsoft's Software Assurance that guarantee them the latest upgrades, may yawn. Nor will essentially charging customers for Vista support generate equal amounts of resentment. For many antivirus and antispyware applications, consumers and small businesses are already conditioned to pay annual subscription fees to get the latest updates and malware definitions.