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Cheaper Version of Microsoft Office TBA
Microsoft is planning to offer a new version of Office, at a lower price: Office 365 Personal, which will cost $70 a year or $7 a month. This version will allow a person to install it on two devices,"one PC or Mac and one tablet," Microsoft's Chris Schneider explains in a blog post. Apparently Microsoft still doesn't get it that people DO NOT want subscriptions.
Today I want to announce Office 365 Personal. Coming this Spring, Office 365 Personal is a new, great option for people interested in using Office 365. It's designed for an individual, allows for one PC or Mac and one tablet to be connected to the service and will be available for $69.99 USD/year or $6.99 USD/ month (ERP)1. We recognize that there are households of all shapes and sizes and we're committed to delivering the right Office for everyone - whether that be one person or an entire household.
Additionally, we'll continue to offer our Office 365 Home Premium subscription for households, but we'll be changing the name to Office 365 Home. You'll see this change when Office 365 Personal becomes available. Whichever Office 365 subscription you choose, you'll get all of the subscription benefits including 60 minutes of Skype calling per month, 20 GB of additional OneDrive storage and always be up to date with the most recent version of Office.
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maikai
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#4783906 Posted on: 03/17/2014 07:28 PM
I bought 365 last year at a discount for military members and it was still not worth it. It says stay up with the most recent version. I never once saw a version update to my office and even if so they are charging for patches now? Biggest freaking waste of money I ever spent.
I bought 365 last year at a discount for military members and it was still not worth it. It says stay up with the most recent version. I never once saw a version update to my office and even if so they are charging for patches now? Biggest freaking waste of money I ever spent.
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#4783910 Posted on: 03/17/2014 07:40 PM
All you who complain don't need it and wont buy it anyway, so why even bother?
@rl66
Last time I checked, none of the free alternatives could cover the same.
@makain
All patches and the last service pack did not come with any additional cost, stop spreading false rumors.
All you who complain don't need it and wont buy it anyway, so why even bother?
@rl66
Last time I checked, none of the free alternatives could cover the same.
@makain
All patches and the last service pack did not come with any additional cost, stop spreading false rumors.
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#4783920 Posted on: 03/17/2014 07:52 PM
do they know that now the open source office do more and are... totaly free???
few ago M$ Office had still a step further but since the last office it is now less versatile and have less tool...
I'd like to know what open office does more of, or what aspects it contains which MS Office does not.
Might be good for home users on a budget, but it'll take an extremely convincing argument to persuade me to recommend anything other than MS Office for the modern business, especially with cloud.
It is perhaps a personal standpoint but I simply would not recommend open anything for a business. This includes wordpress for the website of a company...it has yet to convince me personally that it is safe to use, not just for e-commerce and CRM but CMS, too.
Things cost money for a reason.
do they know that now the open source office do more and are... totaly free???
few ago M$ Office had still a step further but since the last office it is now less versatile and have less tool...
I'd like to know what open office does more of, or what aspects it contains which MS Office does not.
Might be good for home users on a budget, but it'll take an extremely convincing argument to persuade me to recommend anything other than MS Office for the modern business, especially with cloud.
It is perhaps a personal standpoint but I simply would not recommend open anything for a business. This includes wordpress for the website of a company...it has yet to convince me personally that it is safe to use, not just for e-commerce and CRM but CMS, too.
Things cost money for a reason.
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#4783924 Posted on: 03/17/2014 07:58 PM
I don't really understand either why anyone would buy office software in this age, especially if they're pulling subscription crap.
LibreOffice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice
do they know that now the open source office do more and are... totaly free???
I don't really understand either why anyone would buy office software in this age, especially if they're pulling subscription crap.
LibreOffice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice
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haven't paid for office since 2007