Microsoft to launch new Vista subscription trials in early 2008
Microsoft is working on fine tuning its next generation of FlexGo initiative for developing world PCs. Speaking at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC), the company said the next release of FlexGo will be designed for Vista, with enhancements to allow users to live on “borrowed time” until their next payment.
The company rolled out the first version of its FlexGo program in May 2006. Microsoft along with a group of hardware, telecommunications, financial and retail services began testing pay-as-you-go and subscription-based rentals of PCs and software in Brazil, India, Mexico and Russia.
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