Microsoft Launches Office 2019 For Windows and Mac (theverge.com)

Microsoft is releasing Office 2019 for Windows and Mac today. The update is designed for businesses and consumers that haven't opted into Microsoft's Office 365 service with monthly feature updates. The Verge: Office 2019 is essentially a subset of features that have been added to Office 365 over the past three years, and it includes updates to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, Visio, Access, and Publisher. Office 2019 will include a roaming pencil case and ribbon customizations across all Office apps. Microsoft is also bringing focus mode to Word, alongside a new translator, and accessibility improvements. Morph transitions, SVG and 3D model support, play in-click sequence, and 4k video export are all coming to PowerPoint. According to VentureBeat, which cites a Microsoft executive, the new versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook won't receive future updates.

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Re:Still using Office 2010

[MightyMartian]

The chief issue my company is facing is contractual requirements of software being sufficiently up to date to receive security updates. In just over 24 months Office 2010 be EOL, meaning we have to upgrade sooner rather than later.

Re:Pay, pay, PAY, AD INFINITUM

[jwhyche]

That's the new Miscreant-o-sodomite business model: Make everyone pay for everything, forever. Fuck this whole 'software-as-a-service' bullshit, fuck it sideways with a rusty chainsaw, I say.

Lets look at this 'software-as-a-service' for a moment. I'm looking at a quote from amazon for office 2016 pro, which is the version I have in my office 365 subscription. The version of 2016 listed on amazon is $359. I pay $69 a year for my office 365 subscription.

Taking into account a 3 year upgrade cycle, 2016-2019, my cost over those 3 years is $207. So if you are someone that likes to keep their software up to date, and some of us we have to do so because of business reasons, its cheaper to go with office 365. The other perks that M$ tosses in, like the 1 TB of cloud storage and being able to put it on my tablet, and phone are just gravy.

So it clear that if you are in a business that needs to keep your software updated it is better to go with a office 365 subscription.

Now then if you are a home user, a student, or a business that can skip a few upgrade cycles, then the stand along version is a better choice. I mean, really, office 2010 is still perfect software for 95% of everyone out there.