In article <gjtl1s$m4q$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Hadron <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ZnU <znu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > In article <O6OdncfPL6qBvv_UnZ2dnUVZ8u-dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > "Phil Da Lick!" <phil_the_lick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Hadron wrote:
> >> > Face it : it came as a surprise to you that companies pay by the SEAT to
> >> > USE the SW.
> >>
> >> Not at all. And by-seat payment is not what was being discussed in this
> >> thread. What was being discussed in this thread is basically rental
> >> software. Any business which uses this method with no benefit in return
> >> (stated by you) deserves to go bump.
> >
> > Yup. When you're paying for specific releases of software (the way most
> > consumers do), costs vary unpredictably from year to year, which
> > businesses generally don't like. They sign up for service agreements
> > (where they pay the same amount every year and simply have access to
> > whatever new stuff comes out) specifically to avoid this.
>
> Yes. Per head. Per period (normally year). Support is another thing
> altogether.
>
> >
> > Renting software by the hour doesn't make costs more predictable and
> > consistent. Quite the opposite, in fact. I would expect it to be a
> > non-starter in the business world.
>
> But leasing SW per user(seat) per period is very common. Whether you USE
> it or not.
You appear to have missed my entire point. Business like per-user
per-period licensing because it makes costs predictable and consistent.
Licensing software per hour used has the exact *opposite* effect. It
makes costs *less* predictable and consistent.
> > I'm not sure Microsoft is dumb enough to actually try to push a scheme
> > like this, though. Large tech companies file for all sorts of patents on
> > things they never intend to implement. (The current patent regime
> > unfortunately encourages this sort of nonsense. It practically requires
> > it, actually.)
>
> So lets get this straight. An unsubstantiated rumour has set you two
> down the road of second guessing that MS want to charge you per second
> of usage? Time for tin foil hat readjustment girls.
It's not an unsubstantiated rumor, it's a patent filing. And I'm saying
they probably *won't* try to charge by the hour.
You aren't very good at comprehending what you read, are you?
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