Very bad news for the internet cafes :-(

[dexfranco]

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Nakitan nako sa Sun Star Cebu:

Microsoft to Internet cafes: Sign software rental deal

Sofware company Microsoft is encouraging Internet café owners to enter into a Software Rental Agreement with the company to legalize the operations of their outlets.

The agreement will grant Internet cafés the right to rent out Microsoft programs to a third party or their customers, according to a statement.

Under the current Microsoft licensing terms, there is no right to allow a third party other than the buyer to use Microsoft software. This means that even after purchasing genuine Microsoft software, the buyer will not legally be able to rent out the use of the software, as what Internet cafés are doing.

“However, we understand that in an Internet café scenario, you do this regularly and therefore would be in breach of your license agreement with Microsoft. The Microsoft Software Rental Agreement with Internet Cafes seeks to rectify this,� the statement said.

Ivy Llena, marketing communications manager of Microsoft’s Market Development Partner (MDP)-Cebu, assured members of the Internet Café Association of Cebu that the program is not meant to monitor their compliance with the intellectual property rights law.

“We just want to reach out to them so that we will be able to establish a good relationship, which will help us in encouraging them to use only licensed software,� she said.

Llena also clarified that MDP-Cebu is not directly communicating with the Business Software Alliance, which has been monitoring the incidence of piracy.

Internet cafés that sign the Microsoft Software Rental Agreement will get rental rights at no extra cost, reduce their information technology costs because they will receive the free Micro-soft Shared Use Toolkit for Windows XP, and attract more clients because Micro-soft will provide free PC monitor stickers and posters to differentiate them from operators using pirated software, Microsoft said.

Those who don’t sign the agreement would be operating illegally. (JBN)

(July 14, 2005 issue)


Kakuyaw na gud mag use ug Microsoft software sa internet cafe, basig genuine ang software illegal gihapon kung dili mo sign sa agreement

[darkwing]

kung genuine ang akong software, ngano dili man sad ko mo sign hehe

[dexfranco]

Well you'll see na ma pareha na siya sa gusto sa microsoft na you rent the software, mas dako man ang ilang profits ana, they are slowly going to that model of selling. They'll say its free to sign up now but when your hooked, BANG!!! next stipulation ana is naa nay small fee thats the usual way sa ilaang software practice magkadako lang na ohh well i only use my Windoze eXtra Pabug-at for games anyway its up to everyones preference man sab, you use what your comfortable, just saying.

[larvs]

it's not an entirely bad news then. at least for now, it's free and the "priveledge" of getting those stickers and posters for advertised genuinety. but it could also be a sneaky marketing program. like you said.

[chocomai]

MICROSOFT licenses are not free, you have to buy them for each computer. the "free" thing is changing microsofts eula to allow cafes to rent their pc

[xyberblue]

Naa may free OS... Di palang ta familiar kay wla man kaau gamita. Pag LINUX nalang for internet purposes.... hehehe......

[edge827]

grabiha aning bill gates uy dato na kayo iya pa jud daginoton ang internet cafes hehehe

[chocomai]

lagi, nindot mag linux, problem is ang mga customers gusto familiarity, so windows jud sila

[M@rv|n]

lagi, nindot mag linux, problem is ang mga customers gusto familiarity, so windows jud sila

try ubuntu

[dexfranco]

mac os x kaha will ppl be familiar ana if used in a cafe?