True, altough anything would be better for the series then to just cut it off. The only option that would be feasible is fund-raising I guess..
Making the game free-for-all will definately be an easier solution
And a great solution, I'm sure there will be many new subscribers; people who wanted to try out the game to experience walking around in the matrix, but who never really wanted to pay money for it because they were subscibed to another, non-SOE game, or because they simply did not know enough about the game.. Many people only learned this game existed because of the farewell publicity it got.
But I doubt SOE will do the effort to save the game, whatever good ideas the community may have. I guess this descision has been made long ago, and is probably un-changeable. :'(
I'm just sad I can't log in into the game again for a final farewell... MxO was my very first MMO and I have always loved it.