Microsoft launched an Office Census.
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vestibule
Well, their AI will throw a wobbly when it detects we are still on office 2003.
coth
This is an Office update. So shouldn't install if third party apps updates are disabled or if you don't have Office installed. I'm using WPS, OnlyOffice and in rare occasions LibreOffice. They are fine enough for home.
TalentX
I don't think that they're going to force notifications or the like.
This sounds more like a marketing issue to me. They want to know how much Upgrade-potential is available in the market. This could indicate that they may even offer better prices to increase the upgrade likelihood of old office users.
schmidtbag
I'm sure MS realized that despite the ubiquity of their product, they're underperforming with 2021 and 365 sales. I think they'd see more useful data by polling people why they don't want to upgrade.
Such people would be better off using one of the many free alternatives. Same goes for 2007. But... I'm sure there are a lot more 2003 and 2007 users than MS would be okay with.
fantaskarsef
My Open Office installation says "FUM$".
Surprisingly, I did find things that were better with m$office, but not a lot, and mostly quality of life features, not real features
Alessio1989
Just bring back old office brand and license/installation. nobody cares about 365 feature. Make your office suite better for real and people will upgrade them. Otherwise more people will migrate to libreoffice and more devs will improve it.
James Frazer
The only real reason I have Office365 is for the OneDrive storage and I really should look more closely as to whether I need that.
fantaskarsef
reix2x
In my company we use all the Microsoft stuff, and it is awful, but i guess IT likes it.
schmidtbag
fantaskarsef
Neo Cyrus
vestibule
Neo Cyrus
vestibule
:p
nick0323
alanm
I've gotten so used to Libreoffice that I prefer it over MS Office.
Catspaw
I wonder what is more likely:
1. Microsoft is doing this to know how many people use older versions of Office.
2. Microsoft is doing this to find out if it is worth the money to create compatibility issues for these users in order for them to buy newer versions.
Catspaw