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Pre-pay and the developing world
It has been pointed out to me that Microsoft has already inflicted a similar stunt upon its 'developing world' customers, viz: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/may06/05-21emergingmarketconsumerspr.mspx
So, is this new ploy a result of the credit crunch? Or just a bid to get back to the closed-circuit model that such a company might dearly wish to still exist?
Full Talkback thread
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Ridiculous Moley -
Microsoft pay-per-use Nigel Cheffers-Heard -
Is this new or inovative? pround
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Pre-pay and the developing world David Meyer 
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Who needs pay per use computing ? mick8357
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Throttling Back a CPU = Digital Stupidity Xwindowsjunkie
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on the contrary... Nigel Cheffers-Heard
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pay-per-use PC vision ator1940
