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Microsoft files pay-per-use PC patent
« on: December 29, 2008, 09:20:34 AM »
A Microsoft patent application details a business model whereby the user gets a free or heavily subsidized PC but is charged for usage time, application and performance.  Microsoft has applied for a patent on metered, pay-as-you-go computing.    US patent application number 20080319910, published on Christmas Day...

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