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  MSN 8 Asks Users to Pay for Some Online Services
Time: 16:00 EST/21:00 GMT | News Source: Gartner | Posted By: Byron Hinson

Microsoft's decision to move MSN to a partial for-pay model reasonably extends the trend in which content and application providers seek financial legitimacy by countering the popular mid-1990s assertion that information ("content" is the more common term in 2002) "wants to be free." The precipitous decline in competition among Internet information and interaction hubs makes the for-pay business model more defensible than ever — the critical issue here.

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#551 By 2459 (24.233.39.98) at 10/15/2002 12:57:51 AM
Your discussion with SJ just gets funnier and funnier (the homosexual debate). I haven't laughed this much in a few weeks (since I showed you that guy that couldn't get Linux working).

Thanks.

#552 By 2459 (24.233.39.98) at 10/15/2002 12:58:54 AM
Oh, and now you need 351 more posts. Keep talking to SJ and you should reach your goal in a few hours :-)

#553 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 10/15/2002 1:07:33 AM
what the heck is up with jagged and his donation quote? i wonder if i've ticked him off.

#554 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 10/15/2002 1:08:17 AM
hmm, maybe jagged is gay and i offended him. actually, i guess that isn't something to joke about.

#555 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 10/15/2002 1:13:13 AM
i don't remember the linux guy. ah! you mean that other newsgroup? I think I laughed more form the ballmer's interview with garnter, but, yeah, that was pretty dang funny too.

#556 By 2459 (24.233.39.98) at 10/15/2002 1:18:49 AM
I don't think I've gotten to that post by Jagged yet.
This is killer, though:
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#45 By BobSmith (2099 Posts) at 10/14/2002 8:42:15 PM
Who is the little idiot jerk? I already explained my posting reasons.

As for the topic of this thread, you've now spent at least 90% of your posts not talking about it. Why don't you take your own medicine and not post about things offtopic if it bothers you so much?

#46 By sodajerk (1259 Posts) at 10/14/2002 8:46:33 PM
Because I'm responding to claims that you make about me, idiot. It doesn't bother me, I just think it makes you look like an idiot. And you enjoy posting to watch a little number get a little higher--guess what 2068 is next, if you haven't posted it yet. I enjoy posting because I like telling idiots that they are idiots.
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lol
It just doesn't stop :-)

#557 By 2459 (24.233.39.98) at 10/15/2002 1:20:17 AM
Yeah, the Linux guy that hated Linux, but needed a key to Windows, so they crossposted to a locksmith newsgroup.

#558 By 2459 (24.233.39.98) at 10/15/2002 1:24:01 AM
I think Jagged was just messing with you guys since your postcount is so close. And since you passed him a few weeks ago.

#559 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 10/15/2002 1:24:16 AM
glad you like it. didn't daz tell us that AW like sj because "He's a good poster and creates good discussion which we all want because it helps foster the community" (http://www.anetforums.com/posts.aspx?ThreadIndex=11726)

i guess we make a good duo. although, if it weren't for me desire for posts, i'd be rather annoyed at sj.

#560 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 10/15/2002 1:25:02 AM
lol, locksmith crosspost. that was great!

#561 By 2459 (24.233.39.98) at 10/15/2002 1:25:59 AM
I guess I'll compete with SJ on postcount. He seems closest.

#562 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 10/15/2002 1:27:48 AM
i wonder how many posts you and i have on this thread. lol 663 posts!

#563 By 2459 (24.233.39.98) at 10/15/2002 1:28:56 AM
Probably 600 combined :-)

#564 By 2459 (24.233.39.98) at 10/15/2002 1:29:50 AM
Houston, we have a response :-)
http://www.activewin.com/awin/comments.asp?ThreadIndex=13384&Group=Last

#565 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 10/15/2002 1:31:11 AM
lol, i was about to post that link for you

#566 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 10/15/2002 1:31:39 AM
k, 667, we're no longer the evil thread.

#567 By 2459 (24.233.39.98) at 10/15/2002 2:06:46 AM
Maybe we need to worry about 999 :-)

#568 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 10/15/2002 2:12:47 AM
let's keep posting, then. ; - )

#569 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 10/15/2002 2:15:54 AM
i almost have a full 1000 posts on daz. tee hee.

#570 By 2459 (24.233.39.98) at 10/15/2002 2:22:32 AM
Someone else for me to chase

#571 By 2459 (24.233.39.98) at 10/15/2002 2:23:49 AM
New news on main page.

#572 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 10/15/2002 2:30:34 AM
i know, i've already commented on each article. ; - )

#573 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 10/15/2002 2:32:07 AM
there's a new install meant to the jerk vs bob debate on that long thread. i finally commented on the article and, as usual, he ignored my comment. Lol. This just cracks me up.

#574 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 10/15/2002 2:49:18 AM
I am so in need of food.

#575 By 1845 (12.254.162.111) at 10/15/2002 3:12:38 AM
k, i'm really going to get some food now.

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