Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Eduardo" Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion Subject: Re: [OT] Windows XP and Vista No Office 2013 for you Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:50:10 -0300 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <01cd673e$6de74a00$6d01a8c0@k8s8x> <500e57b6$0$6451$426a74cc@news.free.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: 98BwjOO5zTza36Esv/BaxQ.user.speranza.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 120724-0, 24/07/2012), Outbound message X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:1426 "Karl E. Peterson" escribió en el mensaje news:jumtlt$v1d$1@dont-email.me... > Eduardo formulated on Tuesday : >> Yes, that's why I'm talking that _perhaps_ a subscription scheme would >> had been less harmful. >> >> So they wouldn't need to reinvent the wheel every two years to sell new >> licenses, and just focus on what the people really need. > > Actually, that's a damned insightful way to look at it. A subscription > model /could/ shift their focus away from breaking stuff, towards making > damned sure it never broke. Hmmmm... I didn't analyze it too much, it was just an idea because having everything new every few years and making old things not compatible is a real problem. It's a problem for us and for a lot of people. > Probably not while Ballmer's still there, but still... I was thinking today that when Gates was in MS, the things went much better.