Not for at least another 3 years, and possibly longer - we just signed an EA.
Kurt On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Then you are going to need to switch to something other than Microsoft Office. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Kurt Buff > Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 2:07 PM > To: ntsysadm > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Perhaps of general interest... > > Yes, but I prefer to "own" my software, not rent it. That way we can upgrade > at need, rather than when the vendor says so, and will probably spend far > less money doing so. > > The "own" in quotes merely points to not paying monthly rental - we all know > that commercial software is only licensed, not truly sold. > > I just don't want to be a piggybank for the software publishers - I don't > mind paying for good functionality, nor paying for ongoing support. > > On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: >> Many big vendors today are pushing a cloud strategy, as it more >> readily facilitates ongoing revenue and supporting a smaller number of >> disparate configurations. >> >> Regards, >> >> ASB >> http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker >> >> Providing Expert Technology Consulting Services for the SMB market… >> >> GPG: 860D 40A1 4DA5 3AE1 B052 8F9F 07A1 F9D6 A549 8842 >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 6:26 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Very interesting. >>> >>> MSFT is shoving very, very hard to push everyone into their cloud, >>> and this fits their strategy... >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Michael B. Smith >>> <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/02/microsoft-is-laying-off-thousands >>> > -of-staff/?ncid=rss >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >> > >
