The Microsoft Office Rental Program

LWATCDR writes "Yes, it looks like Microsoft is going to a rental program for Office. From the article, 'The software bundle, which also includes Microsoft's Live OneCare computer security software, will be sold at nearly 700 Circuit City stores for $70 per year.' Well I for one will be happy to stick with OpenOffice for now. From Microsoft's point of view it means a constant flow of money. For the customer it means you only have to pay a little each year instead of a lot every few years. I don't think this will save the average user any money and I wonder about problems with 'activation.' So will this fly, or will it give a big push to OpenOffice?

Comments

Re:It's just a matter of time

[Anonymous Coward]

It does? Last I used it, it was a slow bloated piece of shit. That was four years ago, but DAMN did it run slow on a decent system. Went back to my bootleg Office after three days.

Re:A "lot" every few years

[tehcyder]

If I had 150 dollars or more to spend on an OS even before I could consider spending another 150 bucks on an office suite, I would send that money to an open source developer rather than a greedy corporation like Microsoft.

Hi, I'm an open source developer (I have the T-shirt and everything) and would love your 150 dollars for beer, er, developing a better office suite. Thanks:-)