[ale] [OT] Microsoft Office 13 license

[Scott Castaline]

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On 02/20/2013 04:17 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:
> On 02/20/2013 03:48 PM, Brian Stanaland wrote:
>> I should have read the article first. It says the regular license
>> is tied to a single PC. Not the subscription plan. That can be
>> installed and removed as many times as needed.
>> 
>> Also, my family has been using Google Apps since it started. We
>> like it. It's great as a common repository we can all get to. But
>> to do complicated school papers you really need a desktop
>> application. OpenOffice worked for us for years until the kids
>> got in High School and the papers got more complicated and had to
>> use specific templates.
>> 
>> --Brian
> Personally, I wish some very big (EU, Feds) would say not more 
> proprietary formats will be used after a hard date. Any documents 
> to/from will be rejected if they use a proprietary format. Using
> ODF or other open standard would simplify life and remove vendor
> look with proprietary formats.
> 
> -Jay
>> 
+1 in no more proprietary (crappy) formats!



>> 
>> From: Brian Stanaland <brian at stanaland.org
>> <mailto:brian at stanaland.org>> Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2013
>> 3:39 PM To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org
>> <mailto:ale at ale.org>> Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] Microsoft Office 13
>> license
>> 
>> I bit the bullet and signed up. I'm running Office 2011 on my
>> work MacBook for personal use. We're a Google Apps shop. I put
>> another copy on the living room PC that the kids do their
>> homework on.  I have another copy on my beat up Thinkpad that
>> currently running an unregistered copy of Windows 7. I'll know in
>> the couple of weeks if it truly is tied to one machine as this
>> one will be rebuilt when I get tired of playing with Windows.
>> 
>> I'll only have experience with this on a personal level but I'm
>> happy with it so far.
>> 
>> --Brian
>> 
>> From: Jay Lozier <jslozier at gmail.com
>> <mailto:jslozier at gmail.com>> Reply-To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
>> <ale at ale.org <mailto:ale at ale.org>> Date: Wednesday, February 20,
>> 2013 2:45 PM To: <ale at ale.org <mailto:ale at ale.org>> Subject: Re:
>> [ale] [OT] Microsoft Office 13 license
>> 
>> 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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> -- Jay Lozier jslozier at gmail.com
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