On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:02:40 -0800 (PST), "W�rm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Who wants to pay Microsoft a hundred bucks a year >> forever just to >> be able to use the Internet? I think that's just >> wrong and deserves >> spirited resistance. > Did you just come up with this from no where or is > that a reality? MS has really been pushing it and I > think that if they push people to their limits --- > such as if they had implemented that in-browser > advertising that introduces ads to every page they > were talking about --- more and more people will move > to linux. > - W0rm Well, if you use Windows and upgrade on a regular basis like they want you to, then you are going to be paying at least a hundred bucks a year. Microsoft would like to migrate all of its customers to a software upgrade subscription service where you automatically are upgraded on a periodic basis. And, Microsoft is doing whatever it can to convert the open standards of the Internet to proprietary functions that it owns and controls. It ought not to be tolerated. Microsoft is being particularly brutal with its best corporate customers, telling them that it can either upgrade now at a reduced rate or pay more for the same thing later on. Sam Ewalt Croswell, Michigan, USA -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
