Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!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 20:51:18 -0300 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <01cd673e$6de74a00$6d01a8c0@k8s8x> <500e57b6$0$6451$426a74cc@news.free.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: 98BwjOO5zTza36Esv/BaxQ.user.speranza.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 120724-1, 24/07/2012), Outbound message X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:1429 "Mayayana" escribió en el mensaje news:junap7$jam$1@dont-email.me... >| > 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... > | > > On the other hand, isn't that essentially what software > assurance is? If they weren't hoping to make more money > by renting software than by selling it, they wouldn't > do it. The main reason SaaS got started in the first place > is because popular software was mature and relatively > cheap, so people diodn't need to keep buying new versions. > That's not a very auspicious start for the idea of rented > software. :) Hummm, what is the idea then? Developers need to make something for a living, hence software companies need to make money. If software is "mature", and that means that the work is already done, the developers then should seek to do something else for a living?