Microsoft has applied a patent of renting an operation system and probably hardware .
Imagine that you have a small cheap computer and suddenly you have an urge to kill, you know ... you just need to kick ass .. what shall you do ?
What I do is - take my Lenovo T61P Super Mega Laptop, run a battlefield and then have a nice time while shooting bad guys , flying helicopters and wasting time, however as I told you have a cheap computer . A problem ? Not anymore!
You can rent an nVidia Video card and a good sound adapter for a hour of two , pay some bucks (two three .. whatever) and when you done using them you just stop paying. Now of course you will not see a Microsoft delivery guy bringing you the hardware, it will be installed in your computer, but deactivated.
Moreover, all the XboxLinux project and the others taught Microsoft a lesson about obfuscating options of the computer hardware, therefore, we shall see more Hackers and security professionals hacking the security infrastructure of this "Device".
Here is a quote from Microsoft's patent application form
let the fun begin !
Imagine that you have a small cheap computer and suddenly you have an urge to kill, you know ... you just need to kick ass .. what shall you do ?
What I do is - take my Lenovo T61P Super Mega Laptop, run a battlefield and then have a nice time while shooting bad guys , flying helicopters and wasting time, however as I told you have a cheap computer . A problem ? Not anymore!
You can rent an nVidia Video card and a good sound adapter for a hour of two , pay some bucks (two three .. whatever) and when you done using them you just stop paying. Now of course you will not see a Microsoft delivery guy bringing you the hardware, it will be installed in your computer, but deactivated.
Moreover, all the XboxLinux project and the others taught Microsoft a lesson about obfuscating options of the computer hardware, therefore, we shall see more Hackers and security professionals hacking the security infrastructure of this "Device".
Here is a quote from Microsoft's patent application form
A different business model may allow a more granular approach to hardware and software sales. A computer may have individually metered hardware and software components that a user can select and activate based on current need. Beyond simple activation, the user may be able to select a level of performance related to processor, memory, graphics power, etc. that is driven not by a lifetime maximum requirement, but rather by the need of the moment. When the need is browsing, a low level of performance may be used and when network-based interactive gaming is the need of the moment, the highest available performance may be made available to the user.
let the fun begin !
2 comments:
Hi,
I don't think they will be able to get the patent, there are many companies like NetApp and Radware that sells a high performance hardware device that it given performance is decided dynamically according to the purchased license. And it this case, you pay for the used CPU (sound like a MF model)
Somehow, I can't remember what Microsoft did not get ..
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