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Microsoft promises, fails to keep things simple for partners

Jason Harvey

friction free 

Coat

“We want to make it [licensing] as friction-free as we can”

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Are they planning on using lube on your wallets now?

mine's the one with the empty wallet

Lee

RE: Jason Harvey 

It's not wallets that spring to mind when thinking about MS licensing and lube requirements.......

Pascal Monett

We want to make it [licensing] as friction-free as we can 

I'll bet they do.

What they would like is to charge you directly even if you just looked at the box.

Nic Brough

so 

Linux

"We want to make it [licensing] as friction-free as we can"

Might I suggest the GPL for the software? Ok, it'll take a few years for us to stop laughing at the quality of the code, but it's simple, effective, and putting a good dent in your market...

Tux, because I watched Madagascar last night, and despite being reasonably sober, still loved the penguins.