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  Five Reasons Microsoft Wants A Pay As You Go Model
Time: 23:59 EST/04:59 GMT | News Source: CRN | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum

With its traditional packaged software licensing model under pressure, Microsoft is eyeing a "Metered Pay-As-You-Go Computing Experience."

The software giant last week received approval for a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office detailing technology to meter software use and access to specific computer hardware.

According to the patent, fees would be charged against a prepaid or billed account for software and services that may include word processing, email, browsing and database access.

Here are five reasons Microsoft is eyeing the pay as you go model.

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