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Despite the confusion about the purpose of last night's meeting, the council did move to renew Healy's contract, with most councillors praising the job he has done as city manager...
...This ain't cheap. It'll cost you $1,000 to file and get a patent and $75 or more to apply for a provisional patent. Patents must be renewed periodically: $470 to renew for 3 1/2 years; $950 for 7 1/2 years; $1,455 for 11 1/2 years. Attorney's fees can range from several hundred to more than $10,000. Just a patent search can cost from $600 to $1,200. Miscellaneous filing fees can run an additional...
...Microsoft Office now code-named "Office 10" arrives in late 2001, not only will consumers be able to buy the software, they'll be also able to buy an annual subscription. In other words, they pay Microsoft now, and if they don't pay again in a year to renew the subscription, their copy of Office stops working. A glowing Microsoft press release described the deal as an "exciting new opportunity" to receive the same version of Office for "an annual fee." Who imagined that consumers could reap such benefits...
...course, the overall cost (which includes upgrades) might be reasonable. Yet what's worrisome is that there's no reason why Microsoft needs to continue offering the product for sale. As long as the price of renewing Office is less than the cost of buying a different product and converting all the old files and documents to the new format, customers will continue to renew their subscriptions, year after year--not a bad deal for the folks in Redmond...
...Class of 2005 would be required to purchase a VitalBook, a DVD containing the textbooks for a full four-year dental program. Unlike books made of bound paper, though, you don't actually buy the VitalBook; you only purchase a license to it, and if you don't renew the license after the first year, the software stops working. In addition, giving the DVD to a friend to read on his computer violates the license agreement, and you can't legally transfer the license by selling the DVD to someone else, thus eliminating any market in used VitalBooks...