Re:Microsoft to raise some UK prices by up to 22 percent ove...
by user5994461 on Monday October 24, 2016 @09:54AM
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> business software pricing will rise by 13 percent and cloud services will see a 22 percent increase.
HN title was misleading.
The GBP was high early this year. Then it took 10% hit over time + 10% hit on the brexit day + 10% recently when some political idiot announced that they'd proceed with Brexit next year.
As much as I hate pricing changes, and find companies to be quick to adjust price upward but not downward. I have to admit that there is a bottom price window that will call for aggressive adjustment from international buyers/sellers. Maybe it's reached already. People will have to live with the consequences.
Re:Microsoft to raise some UK prices by up to 22 percent ove...
by pjc50 on Monday October 24, 2016 @11:55AM
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> some political idiot
That was the PM's speech at the conservative party conference. It confirmed that the UK was going to go for Brexit(no free movement, no single market) not Brexit(free movement, single market), and therefore lots of firms will have to relocate large parts of their operations outside the UK. Especially in financial services.
Re:Microsoft to raise some UK prices by up to 22 percent ove...
by user5994461 on Monday October 24, 2016 @12:23PM
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Then I should replace "idiot" by much worse words.
Firm will not relocate magically. It's simply not possible to get rid of 1000 people and a big building in the blink of an eye.
That would require to hurt the economy and the companies very badly, bringing down hundreds of thousands of jobs and millions of people along. If the MP really hinted at that, it's no wonder that the pound took -10% right afterwards. :(
Re:Microsoft to raise some UK prices by up to 22 percent ove...
by Grishnakh on Monday October 24, 2016 @05:15PM
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What would be the benefit for them lowering their prices ever? It's not like they're going to get more customers that way, or have fewer customers with higher prices. People use MS products pretty much independent of cost. They could raise their OS prices to 10x the current costs and no one's going to switch.
HN title was misleading.
The GBP was high early this year. Then it took 10% hit over time + 10% hit on the brexit day + 10% recently when some political idiot announced that they'd proceed with Brexit next year.
As much as I hate pricing changes, and find companies to be quick to adjust price upward but not downward. I have to admit that there is a bottom price window that will call for aggressive adjustment from international buyers/sellers. Maybe it's reached already. People will have to live with the consequences.
That was the PM's speech at the conservative party conference. It confirmed that the UK was going to go for Brexit(no free movement, no single market) not Brexit(free movement, single market), and therefore lots of firms will have to relocate large parts of their operations outside the UK. Especially in financial services.
Firm will not relocate magically. It's simply not possible to get rid of 1000 people and a big building in the blink of an eye.
That would require to hurt the economy and the companies very badly, bringing down hundreds of thousands of jobs and millions of people along. If the MP really hinted at that, it's no wonder that the pound took -10% right afterwards. :(