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Subject: Re: FLASH: Kinda OT - MS costs?
From: -[dk]-
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 03:01:30 +0100

Sun is in fact looking at this business model as are many people.....

----- Original Message -----
From: "paul wehner" <pwehneratfuse [dot] net>
To: <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
Sent: April 26, 2000 9:01 AM
Subject: RE: FLASH: Kinda OT - MS costs?


> The market is called ASP (Application Service Provider).
> It is big. It's not going away. It will happen.
> MS is moving in the direction- the company has spent hundereds of millions
> the last few quarters buying/contracting network access providers.
> One day MS will offer subsciptions to MS Office from a secured portal.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owneratchinwag [dot] com [owneratchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:owneratchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Ben Park
> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 8:22 AM
> To: Flash Discussion List
> Subject: FLASH: Kinda OT - MS costs?
>
>
> Hi
> This is kinda OT, but it may spread like the virus that it is to other
> software....
> I recently heard somethinhg about Micro$oft setting up a system with their
> software to make you pay so much PER HOUR that you use it. This is a joke
> right? Someone tell me it is.
>
> Per Hour - They're already getting a serious beating from Linux (although
in
> the underground world of computing and only really on the server side of
> things at the mo, but Corel Draw and Wordperfect is available for it).
>
> I also heard that Sun were looking at it as well - I mean come on =
> Micro$oft might be the type, but Sun Microsystems? Anyone else heard
> anything about it?
>
> A mate of mine told me it was in Computer Active magazine here in the UK.
>
> Ben
>
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