That cold chill at the base of your spine turns out to be Microsoft trying to grab your credit cards. Again. Under this model, they would own the software...on your computer (and you might not even own the computer). You would only rent it. Am I the only one frightened of Microsoft having my credit card number? -BV
While such patent applications do not always lead to products, they do give some inkling as to what Microsoft is considering.
December 29, 2008 07:03 PM
"Microsoft has applied for a patent on a pay-as-you-go computing model that would charge people only for the hardware, software, and services used...The application is for a method of operating a computer that present to the user a catalog of options with a price associated with each...The charge for operating the computer could be a fixed rate for a specific time period, a onetime charge, or an hourly rate..."
Read the entire article at InformationWeek
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/web2.0/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212700131&subSection=E-Business
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