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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?
before people realize that OpenOffice works just as well AND is free.
Of course so does a pirated copy of MS Office.
would I want to rent an office in Redmond? I live in Virginia, you insensitive clods!
Tic-Tac-Toe, Global Thermonuclear War, and relationships all have the same winning move.
I've had it with your closed, proprietary OS and file formats!
I'm getting an iMac with iWork.
3 years subscribing: $210.00 Any questions?
Yes - what is your point?
At our office, we still you Office '97 because it does everything we need.
Did you use Word 97's grammar check whilst writing this post? :-)
== Jez ==
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Shouldn't the Billborg icon be replaced now? Say with a Ballmerborg, or maybe a Ballmerchair. Or even a chairborg.
"You got some nice documents there. It would be a shame if you cannot access them anymore."
I think this will be good for OpenOffice.org!
Clippy disappeared between 97 and 2k7, that alone is worth upgrading for.
The point is, the more geeks there are that start to use OOo, the more non-geeks get it installed for them by their geek friends.
Never even heard of that program... thanks!
But... are you aware that you made a helpful relevant post on slashdot? You were supposed to tell me to convert all the computers to BSD and make them use Open Office.