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Microsoft Is Readying a Consumer Microsoft 365 Subscription Bundle (zdnet.com)
Microsoft is working on a new "Microsoft 365 Consumer" bundle that "will be the consumer-focused complement to Microsoft's existing Microsoft 365 subscription bundle for business users," reports ZDNet. From the report: A couple of recent Microsoft job postings mention the consumer subscription bundle, which Microsoft has yet to announce publicly. One job posting for a Product Manager for the "M365 Consumer Subscription" notes: "The Subscription Product Marketing team is a new team being created to build and scale the Microsoft 365 Consumer Subscription." The job description says the product manager for this service will help "identify, build, position and market a great new Microsoft 365 Consumer Subscription."
The job post notes that the team behind Microsoft 365 Consumer oversees the Windows platform, the Microsoft Surface device portfolio, Office 365 consumer plans, Skype, Cortana, Bing search, as well as the Microsoft Education team. If I were betting on what Microsoft 365 Consumer might include, I'd think some variant of Windows 10, Office 365 Home, Skype, Cortana, Bing, Outlook Mobile, Microsoft To-Do and maybe MSN apps and services could figure into the picture. Maybe this subscription will be tied to Surface devices only? Maybe a monthly leasing fee for Surfaces will be part of the bundle itself?
The job post notes that the team behind Microsoft 365 Consumer oversees the Windows platform, the Microsoft Surface device portfolio, Office 365 consumer plans, Skype, Cortana, Bing search, as well as the Microsoft Education team. If I were betting on what Microsoft 365 Consumer might include, I'd think some variant of Windows 10, Office 365 Home, Skype, Cortana, Bing, Outlook Mobile, Microsoft To-Do and maybe MSN apps and services could figure into the picture. Maybe this subscription will be tied to Surface devices only? Maybe a monthly leasing fee for Surfaces will be part of the bundle itself?
'guess I'll be sticking with Windows 7 or some variant of Linux indefinitely if M$ wants to ram a monthly subscription to Win 10 down my raw gullet.
I'm still not sure why they don't just _give_ away their Office product for non-commercial use.
If teach the workforce to use your product, they'll prefer it over the alternatives, and you'll thus naturally dominate the workforce marketplace.
This isn't rocket rocket science, not a natural law type science, it's shitty-fake human emotion type science...
gg Derpmosoft
Sorry, I just had to get that off my chest.
-Styopa
Subscriptions actually make more sense for businesses. Automatic updates, lower upfront cost to allow more liquidity towards purchases more directly needed for the business,The ability to cancel services when the product isn't needed...
For Home use though, it is just a suck on our income, with an other monthly bill to make sure you have money in your bank account to pay for. And for a product you may not be using all the time. I would much rather buy a copy of office for a few hundred bucks and let it become a few years out of date, where if my income gets tight I can still have the product at hand.
Luckally LibreOffice is good enough for my home use. And my works Office account allows me to have a copy on my PC as well.
However what I really miss is Photoshop, I really can't justify paying that much for Adobe Subscription for software that is on my PC
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.