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This has nothing to do with the free Google Maps but instead the use in Enterprise which normally carries a hefty price tag. Software products do promotions al
by watty 15y ago
This has nothing to do with the free Google Maps but instead the use in Enterprise which normally carries a hefty price tag. Software products do promotions all the time - it's still up to the user to decide whether the future costs of the software/updates are worth it.
Maybe it's a little unfair to the smaller players but illegal? I see it as a promotion to get the Enterprise version some extra users and increase publicity. It's competition. Google can afford to lower their price or give it away free to gain customers, this is bad? What if their promotion didn't give it away but went half price? 1/5th price? Who decides what level Google can cut their price as a temporary promotion?