To point #2, in an old R.X. Cringley article, he asserts that charging a recurring fee for MS W-nd-ws is EXACLTY the type of product/service they want to put forth. To roughly paraphrase Cringley's arguement, he asserts that MS would ideally have people connected to the 'Net and "subscribe" to MS W-nd-ws "updates" sent once a month. These updates would be little more than bugs fixes or so called features ("Hey, we added a button, you have to pay us $$$")
That would require the least amount of innovation, yet still increase earnings despite the complete market saturation of W-nd-ws, since this would now provide them with a guaranteed recurring revenue stream from each subscriber...
I am personally glad that the service providers chimed in on this one. Its not good for the freedom of the Internet if ISPs are held accountable for the content, links, and clicks of the users traversing their system. What are we going to shutdown the Internet by suing ISPs for providing acces to newsgroups, websites, and chat sessions?
Depending upon your point of view, the TRUE location of Springfield has already been revealed. In last season's finale "Behind the Laughter", they refer to the Simpsons as a "...this northern Kentucky family".
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"In my vision of the future, wars are fought, not by two countries governments, but by two corations, struggling for power."
They've already made that movie. Its called Thunderball and it had James Caan in it.
Domo Arrigato, Mr Roboto...
To point #2, in an old R.X. Cringley article, he asserts that charging a recurring fee for MS W-nd-ws is EXACLTY the type of product/service they want to put forth. To roughly paraphrase Cringley's arguement, he asserts that MS would ideally have people connected to the 'Net and "subscribe" to MS W-nd-ws "updates" sent once a month. These updates would be little more than bugs fixes or so called features ("Hey, we added a button, you have to pay us $$$")
That would require the least amount of innovation, yet still increase earnings despite the complete market saturation of W-nd-ws, since this would now provide them with a guaranteed recurring revenue stream from each subscriber...
I am personally glad that the service providers chimed in on this one. Its not good for the freedom of the Internet if ISPs are held accountable for the content, links, and clicks of the users traversing their system. What are we going to shutdown the Internet by suing ISPs for providing acces to newsgroups, websites, and chat sessions?
CPT Carl
Depending upon your point of view, the TRUE location of Springfield has already been revealed. In last season's finale "Behind the Laughter", they refer to the Simpsons as a "...this northern Kentucky family".
BTW, that ep. was one of the funniest EVER!
-CPT Carl
News of Star Wars Episode II and the Simpsons movie got me thinking...
"No I'm Luke Skywalker with the light saber and the nnng and the nnng!" -Professor Frink
Plus we'll finally get to to see "Luke be a Jedi tonight" on the big screen!
CPT Carl