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Microsoft details 'pay as you go' computing scheme
The application highlights what Microsoft sees as the future of computing from a consumer's standpoint, noting that the end user could end up paying more for the computer under this scheme, compared with the one-off cost entailed in the existing PC business model, but would benefit from the deferred payments and by having a system with an extended “useful life.”
Fees would be lower for low-performance chores, such as writing e-mail or surfing the Internet, and higher for more demanding tasks such as gaming. I frankly don’t see this model coming to reality anytime soon but it’s an interesting concept nonetheless. Pricing will be the biggest challenge to Microsoft's plan.
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This is an awful idea that I can only hope never happens.
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Agree Deathstar17. Imagine having to talk to somebody in India every time you have a slight surfing glitch.
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Agree Deathstar17. Imagine having to talk to somebody in India every time you have a slight surfing glitch.
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It's about time, although I'm not certain I like this particular iteration. Because the earliest PCs were for hobbyists and didn't have reliable clocks, the industry found itself selling software rather than leasing it as was done for mainframes and then minis. Sales have the advantage of saving a user from further costs, but it means that companies must produce an endless stream of so-called upgrades and then convince users to buy them in order to be sure that there's revenue coming in to keep the company afloat. Under a leasing model, companies would be more sure of their revenue and could concentrate on true improvements and innovations.Would MS have been so eager to push Vista if it knew it had a small steady stream of revenue from each XP installation? I suspect not. But the security of the revenue stream doesn't mean that a company can be complacent because there will always be competitors whose products will force the original vendor to keep up and innovate in order to retain its customers.
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something tells me this won't work
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The more microsoft tries to control when and how i use my computer, the better linux starts looking.
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It has already been thought of. It is called on demand computing and a few other names. Does not the USPTO know how to use google?
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[b]Originally posted by darkshadoe:[/b][quote]The more microsoft tries to control when and how i use my computer, the better linux starts looking.[/quote]I have to agree and i don't even like linux
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i agree if that happens I'm going to all linux
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