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Microsoft might offer Windows 10 as a subscription
Microsoft has been playing with subscription-based models of their software for a while now, much like Office 365. From the looks of things. From the looks of it Microsoft could soon do the same with their OS, that would be Windows 10 in a subscription form,
Microsoft is headhunting a product manager for a consumer product called Microsoft 365, this is a software package that was only offered to companies. Microsoft 365 is a monthly subscription service that includes Windows 10 and the Office 365 package. Based on a job advertisement, it is now deduced that Microsoft will also target the subscription service, which is currently aimed at business customers, to end users. It is believed that the package will include Outlook Mobile, Microsoft To Do, and some MSN apps.
The target audience would be huge and many users may even be happy to pay a monthly fee for a complete package of Windows 10, Office 365 and Mobility and Security.
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#5618172 Posted on: 12/17/2018 12:13 PM
Unless they give people an option to skip their crappy home and pro versions and go for a version that really lets you have control over your PC without 3rd party applications, I'm not even remotely interested.
Unless they give people an option to skip their crappy home and pro versions and go for a version that really lets you have control over your PC without 3rd party applications, I'm not even remotely interested.
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#5618176 Posted on: 12/17/2018 12:24 PM
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#5618178 Posted on: 12/17/2018 12:27 PM
It would be q good way for Microsoft to get rid of all those pesky customers that have been bugging them all this time....
Seriously, if they do this, they will lose market share hand over fist.
Its been in the pipeline for years, and it seems they never buried it, just waiting for the right time to announce it....
It would be q good way for Microsoft to get rid of all those pesky customers that have been bugging them all this time....
Seriously, if they do this, they will lose market share hand over fist.
Its been in the pipeline for years, and it seems they never buried it, just waiting for the right time to announce it....
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#5618179 Posted on: 12/17/2018 12:30 PM
The point of many expensive software subscriptions like for Adobe Photoshop is two fold:
(a) You may only need it occasionally and can pay month by month, while the full product is really expensive
(b) You get the latest version whenever its out, without having to re-buy it every 2 years (which goes well with temporary use in (a))
That may or may not make sense for something like Office, but there is enough people using Office 365 already.
I don't like subscriptions, I prefer one off payments for most things if it can be helped.
The point of many expensive software subscriptions like for Adobe Photoshop is two fold:
(a) You may only need it occasionally and can pay month by month, while the full product is really expensive
(b) You get the latest version whenever its out, without having to re-buy it every 2 years (which goes well with temporary use in (a))
That may or may not make sense for something like Office, but there is enough people using Office 365 already.
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