OFFT: Pravidelny poplatek za Windows

[Milos Prudek]

An internal Microsoft memo released today at the ongoing Justice
Department antitrust trial shows the
software giant considering charging PC users an annual fee to use its
Windows operating system, starting
in 2001.

In a December 1997 memo sent to Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, Joachim
Kempin, Microsoft's senior vice
president for sales to PC makers, suggested an "annuity" paid by PC
owners and called it "the best thing long
term." Kempin was testifying during today's proceedings in the landmark
suit brought by the DOJ and 20 states
against the Redmond, Washington, company.

Purchasers of new computers now pay a single fee for Windows, which is
bundled into the overall cost of the
computer.

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Zdroj: Reuters
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,29088,00.html?st.ne.160.head

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Milos Prudek
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