From Nick@bigfatpanda.fsnet.co.uk  Mon Aug 13 09:36:59 2001
From: Nick@bigfatpanda.fsnet.co.uk (Nick Fleming)
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 09:36:59 +0100
Subject: [Patents] Re: possible patentability rules and their merits
References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0107251827390.1642-100000@mulix.oas.a2e.de> <20010725184409.D238@margaux.inria.fr>
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Bernard,
    Remember me saying one significant change in
the software licencing model would be to change
it to a subscription based service ? Looks like someone
else has had the same idea too.

 http://latimes.com/technology/la-000064605aug09.story

the article's more funny than serious but the following
paragraph stopped me cold :

"Some years ago, the company stopped selling software outright and instead
set up a subscription-based system. Users paid a fee, just like the cable
bill and got to use a Microsoft operating system or Microsoft software, like
the Office suite."

Many a true word spoken in jest it would seem ?

Does anyone have any information related to patents and subscription based
services ??

Regards,

Nick Fleming.




