[ale] [OT] Microsoft Office 13 license

[Jay Lozier]

On 02/20/2013 12:06 PM, Sergio Chaves wrote:
> Yep, quite a good buzz on M$ new scheme.
> Maybe a good year for people/enterprises to learn more about Linux.
>
>
> From 
> http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/microsoft-loses-yet-another-fanboy/4178?tag=nl.e011&s_cid=e011&ttag=e011
>
>   *     Each license is tied to a Microsoft Live account
>
>   *     Only five licenses can be attached to a single account (we
>     have clients that blow through ten MS Offices a week --- this
>     could cause problems).
>
>   *     Each license will forever be tied to a single machine.
>
>
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I have seen many negative comments about this new policy. It appears M$ 
is trying to get people to use Office 365 subscription. Two issues I see 
with this model are:

1. Not everyone needs the a full office suite thus they are wasting 
money for features they do not need or want. Many people do not know how 
to use a RDMS like Access/Jet.

2. What happens when your subscription is not renewed; one will still 
need to access some of their files.

Several comments indicate an extreme displeasure with M$ refusal to give 
either a downloadable file or a physical disk.

-- 
Jay Lozier
jslozier at gmail.com

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