Microsoft managed to make an existing element of its product licensing a hot topic at Convergence as apparently unintended results had ISVs fuming. The change involves a $195 charge per user under the Dynamics Client for Office, which is imposed when any product "touches" the Dynamics database. But what caused this probably routine move to become a major topic was that products that connect through e-Connect were included in the DCO requirement, which ISVs said meant they would have to pay the charge for all users in the installed base. Read more...