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The Hidden Costs of Microsoft's Free Office Online
Michael_Curator writes "Despite what you've heard, the online version of Office 2010 announced by Microsoft earlier this week won't be free to corporate users. Business customers will either have to pay a subscription fee or purchase corporate access licenses (CALs) for Office in order to be given access to the online application suite (Microsoft already does this with email — the infamous Outlook Web Access). But wait — there's more! A Microsoft spokesperson told me that customers will need to buy a SharePoint server, which ranges from $4,400 plus CALs, or $41,000 with all CALs included, if they want to share documents created using the online version of Office 2010."
Maybe Microsoft has decided to become a hardware company like Apple claims it is. I wonder if the servers will be made in the same Chinese factories that make Macs.
"The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old......They literally know nothing." - Ben Rhodes
And they probably don't want to see the headline "Microsoft ships free Office version for upcoming Google Chrome OS".
Like you have any financial documents... What do you keep track of your allowance?
Wow! Microsoft is selling its software! Be still my heart!
I'm a Programmer. That's one level above Software Engineer and one level below Engineer.
I don't know what country you live in but in the USA the police DO need to tell you if they access your PC. And if you think Microsoft gives a toss about your My Documents folder I think you've overestimated the value of those documents.
My $.02. Keep the change.
-B-
Yes, but this is a family forum isn't it?
Todd: I hope it proves as delicious as the farmers that grew them