Pretty much everyone is familiar with ‘On-line' virus scanning services provided by some of the big players in the removal industry.

You go to the site, run the On-line scan, find out you have a virus, then you pay for the full version of the software to effectively remove the infection. Some companies, mainly open source based, offer everything for free.

Symantechttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symantec believes that virtualization could put an end to long-term software licensinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_license in favor of a pay-per-use model. Virtualized or streaming applications, software that is run on centralized machines and streamed to computers over a network allows monitoring precisely how long each instance of the software is used for. Licensing deals could be structured per day, per hour, or even per second.

To learn more and to read the entire article at its source, please refer to the following page, Symantec Considering Virtualization Pay-Per-Use Software - Tom's Hardware

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