Re: Pay for Automatic Updates Automatically

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I think an even better idea would be if you and other like minded
individuals just started sending money to Microsoft regularly each month to
let them know how much you appreciate all the hard work they do. There are
probably so many of you that they could just give the OS away.


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> Hello,
>
> I think it would be a great idea for Microsoft to charge a fee each time a
> user has to download an update from their site. What in the world would
> be
> keeping them from doing it? You should have to pay a fee, something like
> 2
> or 3 dollars each time an update or a patch for a Windows operating system
> is issued, that is if you want to download it. If not, you take your own
> chances.
>
> Just think of all the poor Microsoft employee's who have to constantly
> work
> on patches and updates and the such. These employees could all be given a
> raise if a fee was imposed for updates and patches.
>
> I guess I am writing this post in the hopes that someone that could help
> do
> something about it is reading. That way, at least they will know that
> there
> is a wide support base that would whole-heartedly pay anything that needed
> to be paid in order to keep up to date.
>
> It never hurts to let the employees of a company know that regular,
> everyday, work hard for their money Joe's and Jane's, will gladly part
> with
> some of that money each month when the updates and patches come out, just
> to
> stay current and feel secure.
>
> Altie
>
>
>
> --
> I minimize my work load every way
> possible to further maximize my ability to be a slack ass.
>
>
>


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