BUSINESS BRIEFING / SOFTWARE
Times Wire Reports
Microsoft Corp. plans to offer a 50% discount to customers who switch to its accounting and finance software from rival Oracle Corp. and Sage Group programs.
The customers also will be eligible for a 25% rebate, up to $25,000, the company said. The offer is available to customers switching from Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne or Sage’s MAS 90 or MAS 200.
Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, aims to win over more small-business application customers -- a market the company has been trying to crack since 2001.
Shares of the Redmond, Wash., company fell 47 cents to $19.93.
