[clug] Google compared to latest Microsoft evilness [SEC=PERSONAL]

[Roppola, Antti - BRS]

This is an ongoing conundrum for software firms that has been made
harder by virtualisation and multi-core. It was easier a few years ago,
just license by CPUs or power units. RAM is just another way of
approximating how much computing you are doing and charging you
proportionally.

While they could sell software at a flat rate, they don't really want
you to buy one copy and stick it on a server so none of your friends
need to buy a copy. While they want to make software affordable to
ordinary folk, they also want a slice of the Dot Com bonanza their
products (at least in part) enabled.

Cheers,

Antti


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