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Microsoft Office Lands on the Mac App Store (cnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the app-tracker dept.

The next time you open up a new Apple computer, go to the App Store to start downloading apps, and type in "Microsoft Office," you'll actually get something. From a report: Until now, anyone who wanted to use Microsoft Office and its popular Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote apps had to do so by going to Microsoft's website and downloading it all from there. Now, the are available on the Mac App Store as well, making it even easier for people to download and use.

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  1. Re:Who cares? by b0s0z0ku · · Score: 1

    The "App" is probably just a stub that downloads the real thing from Microsoft's servers.

  2. Re:Who cares? by Known+Nutter · · Score: 1

    Yeah... a 4.1 GB "stub" - for sure.

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  3. Re:Wake me up when I can apt-get install ms-office by b0s0z0ku · · Score: 1

    You'd want a cloud-pushing piece of bloatware on your Linux device?

  4. Office 365 Only by lazarus · · Score: 4, Interesting

    These App store "apps" require a 365 subscription. They are not the downloadable non-subscription versions that Microsoft made available recently. The in-app purchases seem to be for the 365 subscription.

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  5. Re: Wake me up when I can apt-get install ms-offic by b0s0z0ku · · Score: 2

    All the more reason to run the thing in a VM, its own nice little padded cell.

  6. Re:Who cares? by jellomizer · · Score: 1

    Yea I want Office on the Debian APT repository.

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  7. Fuck MS by speedlaw · · Score: 1

    The last time I updated my Word suite (still the shittiest WP program out there) it updated me to 365 and nagged me for a CC #. Fuck you MS. I rolled back to a prior version and turned off updates. The only thing worse than being forced to use Word is to pay for it every month.....

    1. Re:Fuck MS by omnichad · · Score: 1

      They still sell perpetual licenses. You just did something wrong.

  8. Pricing by tmshort · · Score: 1

    Interesting how the in-app pricing (Personal=$69.99, Home=$99.99) differs from the price on Microsoft's website (Personal=$59.99, Home=$79.99).

    I didn't think Apple allowed that?

    1. Re:Pricing by mferrare · · Score: 1

      Microsoft need to pay the Apple Tax. Apple take 30% of all App Store revenue, including in-App purchases.

      So the fact that MS puts Office on the App Store and is prepared to pay Apple $$$ is an event worth reporting.

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  9. Re:Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's 4.1 GB of EULA with a massive I Agree button.

  10. Re:Cue all the folks saying... by Aighearach · · Score: 1

    Apple wouldn't even exist without being part of Microsoft's evil.

    Bill saved Apple.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  11. Mac App Store? by The123king · · Score: 1

    Mac App Store? I vaguely remember something like that from a few years ago. IIRC it was full of cheap games and crappy apps. I just turned off gatekeeper and forgot about it. Did they bring it back or something?

    Posted from my Macbook Pro running macOS 10.14 Mohave

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