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You say that as if it's a bad thing.
Charging for add-ons is a classic business tactic. Razor blade makers make their money off blade refills, Red Hat makes its money from support contracts, Pez makes their money off candy packets for those stupid little plastic toys...

There's nothing wrong with that business model.
Posted by: Damon K   Posted on: 11/19/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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looks like people  lmaxwell | 11/19/03
M$ shills shouldn't try comedy  zd-spam | 11/19/03
You should learn more about MS's Developer Resources before you speak  JJ_z | 11/19/03
Sad but true  nucrash | 11/19/03
Okay, then why is it that...  tjmiller@... | 11/19/03
They won't??  voska | 11/19/03
EULA? (nt)  ryusen | 11/19/03
The EULA doesn't apply  voska | 11/19/03
And you should get a job.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/03
Re: your job  B.O.F.H. | 11/19/03
Actually, "axe" probably works for Microsoft.  Damon K | 11/19/03
Man are you clueless...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/03
Even Microsoft has standards!  B.O.F.H. | 11/19/03
You are right...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/03
judging from the quantity and quality of posts  B.O.F.H. | 11/19/03
very childish response  balsover | 12/19/03
Get a job?  IT_User | 11/19/03
and they said they worked for free  lmaxwell | 11/19/03
Who said "free as in beer?"  Damon K | 11/19/03
Who worked for free?  IT_User | 11/19/03
Anti-trust, Anti-Trust, Anti-Trust..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/03
would be except...  ryusen | 11/19/03
I was being joking ZZ. Sheesh...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/03
Wow, the former antitrust kid has really turned a good guy role  FilledOut | 11/19/03
not really  dg mh | 11/19/03
You say that as if it's a bad thing.  Damon K | 11/19/03

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