SCN: Re: search engine funding (was: hmmm)

[patrick]

Another attempt by MS to take total control, and yet lose. 

MS tries a lot of grand schemes. It seems the bigger the scheme, the harder
they fall.

I don't hate MS. It is obvious that the grand schemes are not much to worry
about. I wonder about the .Net revolution. Actually, I don't wonder about it,
don't worry about it. Once there was a time to worry about MS.

Patrick

--- "J. Johnson" <jj at scn.org> wrote:
> Under the "Yet Another Alternative to Advertising" head the options seem
> to get scarier.  In the July issue of Linux Journal (www.linuxjournal.com)
> Doc Searls takes a close look at Microsoft's "HailStorm".  In MS' own
> words:  "HailStorm will help move the Internet to end-user subscriptions,
> where users pay for value received."  MS would have all of your Internet
> services coming through them, taking a cut from both you and the vendors. 
> There would be a "certificate-based license relationship with Microsoft"
> to "filter abusers out of the system.  Obtaining a certificate and the
> ongoing right to use HailStorm services will have a cost associated with
> it."  
> 
> We may yet wish we had stuck with the ads!
> 
> === JJ =============================================================
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