[Tfug] Microsoft reportedly wants open source software users topa y rolyalties

Joe Blais joe.blais at pti-instruments.com
Thu May 17 18:11:41 MST 2007


>
> I even heard that Microsoft will begin charging per use. The icon will be
> there (or whatever), but you will be charged a monthly fee for


"click charges" is a term I've heard, kind of implying more than just the
running of a single application, but the individual things that you might do
with it.



>
>
> On 5/17/07, Anthony Hess <runenfool at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Now you're just making stuff up :)
> >
> > The "look and feel" lawsuit loss had absolutely nothing to do with Xerox


Remember how GEM (Xerox) ran on DOS and was used for things like Ventura
Desktop Publisher?
- before winders 3.1 but very much like it





More information about the tfug mailing list