____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 29 September 2007 17:21 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Do consumers actually purchase software anymore?
>>
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>>| Have we reached a point in the computing timeline where it?s no longer
>>| necessary to buy software?
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>> 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.
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