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What's even more interesting is that Office 2019 will only be supported for 5 years instead of 10. Do they actually expect governments and companies to buy a ne
by mtgx 9y ago
What's even more interesting is that Office 2019 will only be supported for 5 years instead of 10. Do they actually expect governments and companies to buy a new Office license every 5 years?
Even more of a reason for governments to switch to open source. We're witnessing vendor lock-in and abuse in action here.
I've also noticed since Nadella took over, the Q&A team has been cut (resulting in Windows 10 having way more bugs than previous Windows versions), previous builds/editions get support for even less time (like 18 months only), forcing users to get whatever Microsoft pushed in the latest version of Windows, or risk being vulnerable to malware. If you don't like what Microsoft introduced in Creators Update, and you want to stick to the Anniversary Update, tough luck. You'll have to get Creators' Update or say goodbye to patches.
This will likely result in Windows supporting less and less legacy software in the future, where "legacy" will mean something like 5 years old (as it already does for Office 2019, apparently).
- rhplus 9y agoDo they actually expect governments and companies to buy a new Office license every 5 years? Nope. They expect them to pay monthly per user with an annual commitment. https://products.office.com/en-US/compare-all-microsoft-office-products?tab=2 https://products.office.com/en-US/compare-all-microsoft-offi...
- dragonwriter 9y ago> Do they actually expect governments and companies to buy a new Office license every 5 years? No, they view 2019 and similar traditionally licensed versions as a legacy line they'd very much like to retire entirely. They want people on Office 365 subscriptions, and expect to have success moving the market in that direction.