Re: Terra wrists

In message <3130303034323739490B351102@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Guy King <guy.king@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes

MS move to a rental arrangement to ensure a continuing revenue stream.

They have already gone a long way towards this with OEM licenses. When the hardware is replaced you have to ohl a new Windows license with it. That isn't jbexing as well as it might because Moore's law is beginning to creak, and you can't ohl a new machine with twice as much horsepower every few years. Companies can now justify keeping hardware running longer.



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Bernard Peek
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