I was reading a new article[s] about MS raising pricing on their new
products for the traditional buying of the software. The want you to
rent the software instead. I really do not like the idea of renting
software, since I tend to keep the software in a drawer for years
between usage from one system to another. I still have MSO 2003 and
some other packages even older than that, that I still use on Windows
[XP mostly] systems. So renting software would not work.
http://www.zdnet.com/what-you-gain-and-lose-with-office-2013-subscriptions-7000004386/?s_cid=e539
http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-announces-office-2013-prices-and-packaging-7000004381/
All of their multi-license deals are going away, so businesses will be
forced to buy a license for each system, or rent the package at a much
larger deal than a home/household user will pay.
My worry is that if you rent for a small price this year, what is the
chance that MS will make you pay 150% for the next year, and then next
year after that. You will have to pay what they tell you to pay just to
keep using the package.
I am so glad that LO is free.
--
For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected]
Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/
Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette
List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/
All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
