Re: Will this hurt freeware??

de Dick Kistler 05/22/2006 11:51

"Caesar Romano" <Spam@uce.gov> wrote in message
news:k59472tf8a8r0b66h0a66at7l1rsp9ss9b@4ax.com...
> Microsoft Makes Way to Pay for PC Hourly
>
> By ALLISON LINN, AP Business Writer
> Mon May 22, 12:50 AM ET
>
> SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. has developed technology for people to pay
> by the hour to use a computer in their own homes, similar to the way
> many people use pre-paid cards for cell phones.
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060522/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_pre_paid_pc_use;_ylt=Aus3MqK6WQvDWZWUCszsKISs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3cjE0b2MwBHNlYwM3Mzg-
>
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> easier to do (1).

Let me get this straight. Microsoft has suddenly discovered a way to charge
you by the minute, or by the byte, to use your own computer while you are
using Microsoft Windows or Microsoft Office(actually they have planned this
for a long time. This is the reason that .NET exists) and this is going to
somehow hurt freeware? Get real! This will put freeware operating
systems(Linux, BSD Unix, etc.) and freeware programs(OpenOffice.org, GIMP,
Firefox, Thunderbird, Opera, etc.) in an even better position to make the
name Microsoft irrelevant.

Dick Kistler