Will Windows Longhorn be subscription based?
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After looking at the thread on Microsoft's Forums (http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.general&tid=4384e240-eec0-4a27-afbd-88e0243a3cad[^]) it looks like you might need to pay yearly in order to use Windows Longhorn. If that is true, I'll be keeping my installation of XP Pro for a long long time. What do you think? Mitch My sig: "And it is a professional faux pas to pay someone else to destroy your computer when you are perfectly capable of destroying it yourself." - Roger Wright Get Perpendicular! (Hitachi Storage) My CodeProject Blog Most recent blog post: April 11
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After looking at the thread on Microsoft's Forums (http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.general&tid=4384e240-eec0-4a27-afbd-88e0243a3cad[^]) it looks like you might need to pay yearly in order to use Windows Longhorn. If that is true, I'll be keeping my installation of XP Pro for a long long time. What do you think? Mitch My sig: "And it is a professional faux pas to pay someone else to destroy your computer when you are perfectly capable of destroying it yourself." - Roger Wright Get Perpendicular! (Hitachi Storage) My CodeProject Blog Most recent blog post: April 11
It could have been a valid discussion but I should have known better. The Linux zealots came out and trashed MS for totally ficticious and idiotic reasons. If they could have a level discussion something interesting _might_ have come of it. *sigh* Oh and pay subscription for Longhorn? Maybe if it was like $5/month. And maybe if it ever comes out. :rolleyes:
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After looking at the thread on Microsoft's Forums (http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.general&tid=4384e240-eec0-4a27-afbd-88e0243a3cad[^]) it looks like you might need to pay yearly in order to use Windows Longhorn. If that is true, I'll be keeping my installation of XP Pro for a long long time. What do you think? Mitch My sig: "And it is a professional faux pas to pay someone else to destroy your computer when you are perfectly capable of destroying it yourself." - Roger Wright Get Perpendicular! (Hitachi Storage) My CodeProject Blog Most recent blog post: April 11
It would be sooo great, because it would make our customers not upgrade to Longhorn, so I would be spared from redoing my whole friggin' UI
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It could have been a valid discussion but I should have known better. The Linux zealots came out and trashed MS for totally ficticious and idiotic reasons. If they could have a level discussion something interesting _might_ have come of it. *sigh* Oh and pay subscription for Longhorn? Maybe if it was like $5/month. And maybe if it ever comes out. :rolleyes:
fakefur wrote: The Linux zealots came out and trashed MS for totally ficticious and idiotic reasons. Especially ironic since Friends of OpenSource say this is exactly the way to make money.
Pandoras Gift #44: Hope. The one that keeps you on suffering.
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After looking at the thread on Microsoft's Forums (http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.general&tid=4384e240-eec0-4a27-afbd-88e0243a3cad[^]) it looks like you might need to pay yearly in order to use Windows Longhorn. If that is true, I'll be keeping my installation of XP Pro for a long long time. What do you think? Mitch My sig: "And it is a professional faux pas to pay someone else to destroy your computer when you are perfectly capable of destroying it yourself." - Roger Wright Get Perpendicular! (Hitachi Storage) My CodeProject Blog Most recent blog post: April 11
M$ wanted to do that with Office before .NET came out. It didn't fly. My guess is, since sells weren't what they'd used to be for Windows M$ is trying to squeeze every dollor it can out of people. Jeremy Falcon
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After looking at the thread on Microsoft's Forums (http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.general&tid=4384e240-eec0-4a27-afbd-88e0243a3cad[^]) it looks like you might need to pay yearly in order to use Windows Longhorn. If that is true, I'll be keeping my installation of XP Pro for a long long time. What do you think? Mitch My sig: "And it is a professional faux pas to pay someone else to destroy your computer when you are perfectly capable of destroying it yourself." - Roger Wright Get Perpendicular! (Hitachi Storage) My CodeProject Blog Most recent blog post: April 11
What a nice way to get more money from delayed releases... xacc-ide 0.0.15 now with C#, MSIL, C, XML, ASP.NET, Nemerle, MyXaml and HLSL coloring - Screenshots
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After looking at the thread on Microsoft's Forums (http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.general&tid=4384e240-eec0-4a27-afbd-88e0243a3cad[^]) it looks like you might need to pay yearly in order to use Windows Longhorn. If that is true, I'll be keeping my installation of XP Pro for a long long time. What do you think? Mitch My sig: "And it is a professional faux pas to pay someone else to destroy your computer when you are perfectly capable of destroying it yourself." - Roger Wright Get Perpendicular! (Hitachi Storage) My CodeProject Blog Most recent blog post: April 11
As a depeartment under an academic licence program we have been dooing this for the last 3 to 5 years. At one point under our academic licence we were allowed to purchase software for like $65 a program and use it forever for no additional cost (Windows, VC++ ...). But now its latest Office + latest windows version + latest visual studio for $75 per year per seat and no more programs for $65. And this was announced that this is to save us a lot of money. I am not sure that this saves us at all over the old buy once system as we do not need to upgrade very often. I mean none of our users have moved past vc6 although several versions of office and windows are installed. John
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After looking at the thread on Microsoft's Forums (http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.general&tid=4384e240-eec0-4a27-afbd-88e0243a3cad[^]) it looks like you might need to pay yearly in order to use Windows Longhorn. If that is true, I'll be keeping my installation of XP Pro for a long long time. What do you think? Mitch My sig: "And it is a professional faux pas to pay someone else to destroy your computer when you are perfectly capable of destroying it yourself." - Roger Wright Get Perpendicular! (Hitachi Storage) My CodeProject Blog Most recent blog post: April 11
Really though.. it depends upon the price they want to charge... I MIGHT be willing to pay 100 per year for a subscription as long as it gets me technical supoprt, all upgrades, etc... It all comes down to price. [EDIT] Ok, Maybe not ALL down to price. The question then comes up as to MY abillity to stay at a level (not have to keep upgrading my os) that I want to be at. {/EDIT]
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