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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Thanks!
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2006-08-09
That's hardly stupid from MS' perspective. ;-)
I agree with you, to be sure, but rather because this thing shows how completely uninspired they've become.
A couple of years ago I actually thought some day MS might come up with their own Linux distribution, and even manage to make money off of it.
From the Redmond point of view, it's never stupid if it makes 'em money. Which is the only type of ethic they'll ever cling to. (FWIW, this is a purely descriptive statement. :-) )
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I've never found it hard to find the any key. :-P