Linked by David Adams on Tue 30th Dec 2008 19:04 UTC, submitted by jeanmarc
A recently-filed patent from Microsoft gives us a glimpse into a possible future strategy from the software giant, wherein people buy a computer, but only pay for that portion of the computer's performance and capabilities they actually use. There's a pretty detailed summary of the plan in a Cnet article that's worth a read. It actually sounds a lot like a "cloud computing" strategy for the consumer, and it all seems to make sense, until you start to really think about it.
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This would be better handled through default settings in either "MS Parental Controls", or perhaps in the firewall of MS Pay Per Use Windows. Distrowatch encourages your children to install software which is "illegal" from the perspective of your Pay Per Use PC. An alternate viewpoint would be that distrowatch is a potential source for malware, and should simply be blocked at the firewall level.
Edited 2008-12-30 20:25 UTC