Microsoft patent suggests Free windows is possible!
On July 5th, 2007, Microsoft filed a patent for a new “advertising services structure” which discusses the points that how ads will be delivered to a consumer. Now, if we go through the patent you’ll see that how the points say that how Microsoft can make use of your usage habits to display the advertisements.
Specifically Points 8 & 11 of the patent talk about what can be the possibility of Free windows! The points say that Microsoft’s computer-readable medium can make use of URL, Text strings, email, user music files, user documents, podcasts files, computer status messages to display the advertisement.
Google uses your searching habits to display the advertising and provides most of their services for free, so with this patent Microsoft may provide Windows for free provided a person is ready to see the ads on the applications or documents etc.
Now, this seems to be possible as few news are making it more real. Adobe’s and Yahoo’s collaboration of displaying the ads in PDF documents is one of the initiative of providing the ads to desktop applications and a recent news where US residents can get a copy of Windows for free, if they allow them to collect the browsing and computer usage data.
Well, if Microsoft comes out with Free Windows with ads, then will you go for that windows ? My answer! YES! And Nick Gonzalez of TechCrunch has answered my question for you after ASK decided to let users delete the search history.
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paul c
December 12th, 2007 at 9:58 pm #
No.
Free with ads = Windows
Free with no ads = Linux
If there was no choice of a paid version (not that i buy) it’d be linux time for me!
Vyoma
December 12th, 2007 at 10:21 pm #
I am sticking with Ubunut. :)
Vyoma
December 12th, 2007 at 10:22 pm #
Correction: ~Ubuntu~
ethana2
December 13th, 2007 at 1:55 am #
Ubuntu here too. And no, I wouldn’t take this.
I happen to pin a value on my privacy and freedom a little higher than that.
That’s part of why I switched. That’s part of why I never looked back.
Techblissonline.com
December 13th, 2007 at 4:53 am #
Microsoft is trying some tricks…let us c…
ReviewSaurus
December 13th, 2007 at 8:59 am #
@ Paul , Vyoma, Ethana2, Techblissonline : Thanks for taking time and leaving your comments :)
Nirmal
December 13th, 2007 at 1:31 pm #
I would better stick to Linux without any ads.