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Off Topic => Computers & Video Games => Topic started by: RandomDude18 on July 16, 2008, 07:41:05 pm

Title: Microsoft has a Poor Future Ahead of Them.
Post by: RandomDude18 on July 16, 2008, 07:41:05 pm

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/aa699384.aspx - The point is you will have to pay monthly to use stuff like Microsoft Office instead of buying it once and installing on a bunch of computers.

Title: Re: Microsoft has a Poor Future Ahead of Them.
Post by: Alain2k5 on July 16, 2008, 09:13:05 pm

Looks bad, I don't think many people would want to pay mothly for such.. Hell even pay for it once... Yep, M$ is going downhill if they implement this

Title: Re: Microsoft has a Poor Future Ahead of Them.
Post by: VulturEMaN on July 17, 2008, 05:05:22 am

they said that the 'buy it once' versions will still be available to buy, but that everything in windows 7 is gonna be like this.

Title: Re: Microsoft has a Poor Future Ahead of Them.
Post by: Shinya on July 17, 2008, 08:24:35 am

Quote from: RandomDude17 on July 16, 2008, 07:41:05 pm

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/aa699384.aspx - The point is you will have to pay monthly to use stuff like Microsoft Office instead of buying it once and installing on a bunch of computers.

(http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/4319/notthisagainhr0.gif)

Title: Re: Microsoft has a Poor Future Ahead of Them.
Post by: Sponge-Bart on July 17, 2008, 10:36:32 pm

Holy crap. That is stupid.

Title: Re: Microsoft has a Poor Future Ahead of Them.
Post by: RandomDude18 on July 20, 2008, 07:03:33 pm

It will tie up bandwidth and take away people's freedom.

Title: Re: Microsoft has a Poor Future Ahead of Them.
Post by: AppleNick on July 26, 2008, 01:14:14 am

Microsoft needs some humans working at their company. Nobody would think for a second that people would want this.