Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 29 September 2007 17:21 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Do consumers actually purchase software anymore?
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| Have we reached a point in the computing timeline where it?s no longer
>>>| necessary to buy software?
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://techlogg.com/content/view/444/31/
>>>
>>> Even Microsoft has moved (unsuccessfully and hesitantly) towards ads-funded
>>> software. Google reigns that area.
>>>
>>
>> Consider that Microsoft have been bundling software for so long that
>> even the trolls and shills here claim that Windows is free. If the
>> shills and trolls can be believed, then the populous doesn't expect to
>> pay for software. What better solution, then, than to offer free
>> software to them.
>
> I never bought any software. It was bundled. The rest were trial versions anbd
> freeware.
>
Exactly my point. This is why the pre-install model is so critical
for Microsoft. If people were aware just how much they were paying,
things would change quickly indeed, something of which I'm sure that
Microsoft are most thoroughly aware.
--
| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
| Cola faq: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/linux/advocacy/faq-and-primer/ |
| Cola trolls: http://colatrolls.blogspot.com/ |
| My (new) blog: http://www.thereisnomagic.org |
|
|
