25 Nov
2005
25 Nov
'05
2:52 p.m.
Do you suppose that if a Microsoft salesman had given me a free copy of Windows back in 1990, I would have a right to use any version of Windows for free forever?
I don't think this analogy exactly fits. I'm pretty sure that the legacy space holders think of this as: a Microsoft salesman had given them a free copy of Windows back in 1990, and had returned many years later to say that MS had established a registry for all new recipients of Windows that charged a registration fee, and MS wanted them to start paying the fee for the free copy as well.