Buying what !? (Score 1)

Quoting from news.com :
"Muglia said for entry-level, small-scale applications, Microsoft will charge developers $1,000 a year for access to .Net My Services and $250 per application they create.

For standard use, which Microsoft expects will involve the majority of users, Microsoft will charge $10,000 per year for using .Net My Services and $1,500 per application."

So, MS is betting that their infrastruture (data centers plus .net software) is bringing something that didn't existed before and that will generate enough money to "entry-level, small scale applications" that will allow them to pay the investment and still get something back ?

I don't think so, Bill, and I'll keep those $1000 for me, if you don't mind, because there are lots of stock alerts, calendars and messangers for free out there, with open source and backed by real people and not some strange hive minded corporation.