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Microsoft Restores Transfer Rights To Office 2013

Posted by Soulskill on from the putting-right-what-once-went-wrong dept.

New submitter gewalker writes "Bowing to significant unfriendly customer feedback regarding its new 'no transfer' license for Office 2013, Microsoft has reconsidered and will now allow Office 2013 licenses to be transferred between computers. Actual license language will not be reflected for a few months for shipped products, but Microsoft will allow transfer of license effective immediately. Calls to customer support will be necessary, as the activation servers won't be updated for a few months."

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  1. Fucking sleazebags by NettiWelho · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Trying to chip away customers rights at every chance and backing away only when the blowback gets unbearable, just to wait for another chance.

  2. Re:Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When you have this kind of marketshare you keep pushing to the edge until consumers make you stop. Its all about trying to get away with as much as possible.

  3. Re:Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The more I see of metro, the more I like it.

    On touchscreen devices.
    The person that suggested using it on things that do not have a touch screen should still be shot.

  4. Re:Great by Looker_Device · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ah, Clippy--the Jar Jar Binks of software.

    --
    Your political party doesn't care about your rights and only represents corporate interests.
  5. Re:Great by sdnoob · · Score: 5, Funny

    and it will be called..

    wait for it...

    WINDOWS RETRO