MICROSOFT wants you to abandon your hard drive and keep all your files and
programs on a remote server, from where you would download them when they’re
needed. But a storm blew up last week when someone noticed that the “conditions
of service” for the system, called .NET, appeared to claim copyright on anything
it stores.
That would have given Bill Gates rights over anything you wrote on your
computer, whether it was your latest novel, a patent for a new invention or a
love letter. Microsoft has now retracted the conditions.
Microsoft says that with .NET you can access…
