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Pricing grows more expensive and more complex as deployment grows in size and sophistication. Windows will be sold in three different versions, for use ranging from desktop systems to sophisticated networks. Microsoft's revised scheme for calculating so-called client-access licenses CALs could mean additional costs for e-commerce businesses.

Under the Windows NT 4 licensing program, Microsoft required a CAL for every user accessing a Windows NT server for filing and printing services, but not for Web surfers inside the corporate network or those coming in from the outside. Beginning with Windows a CAL is necessary for each individual requiring authentication, such as would be necessary for a secure online transaction. As a result, customers planning to move e-commerce applications from Windows NT to Windows could face a price increase.

The cost of each CAL varies depending on volume discounts and other factors. The Internet Connector is intended only for external access over the Web and not for access across a corporate network or Intranet, the company said.

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