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Hasn't this been done already?
Didn't we just spend 40+ years digging ourselves out from under precisely this very same business model? How can they even patent this? Because its for a PC instead of a mainframe? Oh boy, big difference. Madness.

There is absolutely no reason to need a "heavily subsidized PC". My experience tells me that many people who need a subsidized computer would do just fine with free software. So go out and buy a $200-$300 Linux or OpenSolaris box and leave Microsoft in the ditch to rot. In general, even poor people (in the "developed" world) can afford a few hundred bucks if its something that can dig themselves out of the hole just a little further.
Posted by: cabdriverjim   Posted on: 12/31/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Hasn't this been done already?  cabdriverjim | 12/31/08
Maybe Microsoft are right on this one ...  Amelioration | 12/31/08
What Inane Nonsense  PeterPac | 01/01/09
good one  tundal45-22232837822470848657615202883585 | 01/04/09
RE: Metered computing: Another great argument for open source in 2009  tcnic | 12/31/08
RE: Metered computing: Another great argument for open source in 2009  gnickturner | 12/31/08
Libraries and places like hotel lobbies...  bjbrock | 12/31/08
For kiosks...  Zonker_z ZDNet Moderator | 12/31/08
RE: Metered computing: Another great argument for open source in 2009  Rob Oakes | 12/31/08
Sorry  Zonker_z ZDNet Moderator | 12/31/08
This may well catch on  Golodh2 | 01/04/09
If by "interesting", you mean "terrifying"...  spiderbaby1958 | 01/04/09

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