[news.com.com]

Sun is also launching per-citizen pricing for its Java Enterprise System server software. While the company had committed to the idea earlier, it now has begun selling it according to population and how the United Nations ranks countries as more, less or least developed. Countries with larger populations and lower development pay less per citizen.

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Under Sun’s pricing, Mexico, a less-developed country with a population of 100 million, would get to use as much Java Enterprise System software as it wants for a charge of 81 cents per citizen per year. Nations classified as “least developed” pay between 33 cents and 75 cents per citizen, while “less developed” nations pay between 33 cents and $1.95 per citizen, spokesman Russ Castronovo said.

I wonder what the people in Monte Carlo and Luxembourg will think of this idea? 😎