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Microsoft will release a new perpetually licensed Office in 2021

34 points by eeskildsen 6y ago

brian_herman 6y ago
Nice! I wish I still had bizspark so I could get a free license.
CobaltFire 6y ago
Outstanding! I hope that this is available via my Home Use Program; the change to a discounted subscription wasn't very welcome so I never updated past 2016. I'm trying to leave Office, but for one of my primary roles it's absolutely necessary, and being able to use it on my personal devices is a huge time saver. HUP lets me leverage that case without spending a ridiculous amount of money (I use Project and Visio often).
- cosmie 6y ago
  FYI, Project and Visio in particular aren't part of the subscription model. They aren't actually available as part of any of the consumer Office subscriptions, so they're offered as one-time purchases of the Project/Visio 2019 software, same as the old HUP model. That said, they're also not available by default. The FAQ[1] page mentions your HUP/IT Admin needs to explicitly set up your HUP to enable these product discounts. [1] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/home-use-program/frequently-asked-questions https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/home-use-program/frequently-...
  - obenn 6y ago
    Just for accuracy, Project is available as a subscription. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/project/compare-microsoft-project-management-software https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/project/compar...
  - canada_dry 6y ago
    > Project and Visio As a former IT Exec these were the two products that caused me the most significant end-user software budget headaches (in a 1K+ seat banking org)!! Clients who needed the odd flowchart or gantt chart HAD TO HAVE project or visio or else IT was denying them the ability to do their job!! It took quite some effort to get the culture shifted towards open-source alternatives that were good-enough and didn't line Microsoft's already golden pockets.
- x87678r 6y ago
  Home Use Program was great for so long I got used to it. There is no way I'd switch to a subscription, esp as no useful functionality is ever added.
kumarvvr 6y ago
Incredible. I hope the costs are reasonable. Would love a perpetually licensed version.
DobryMorozov 6y ago
I wish Libre Office could gain popularity. It should at least be used in university and government settings
anthk 6y ago
Just like the dumb terminal days, where you paid per use. Now with a monthly subscription, but the concept is the same except for the concept that your "terminal" runs the code locally.
selfhoster11 6y ago
Why are they being applauded for this? Having a perpetual license available for purchase at any time should be standard practice, not exceptional behaviour.
- cartoonfoxes 6y ago
  Ought != is. They should be applauded for this.
tomjuggler 6y ago
But will it work on Linux?

34 points by eeskildsen 6y ago

Nice! I wish I still had bizspark so I could get a free license.

Outstanding! I hope that this is available via my Home Use Program; the change to a discounted subscription wasn't very welcome so I never updated past 2016. I'm trying to leave Office, but for one of my primary roles it's absolutely necessary, and being able to use it on my personal devices is a huge time saver. HUP lets me leverage that case without spending a ridiculous amount of money (I use Project and Visio often).

cosmie 6y ago
FYI, Project and Visio in particular aren't part of the subscription model. They aren't actually available as part of any of the consumer Office subscriptions, so they're offered as one-time purchases of the Project/Visio 2019 software, same as the old HUP model. That said, they're also not available by default. The FAQ[1] page mentions your HUP/IT Admin needs to explicitly set up your HUP to enable these product discounts. [1] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/home-use-program/frequently-asked-questions https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/home-use-program/frequently-...
- obenn 6y ago
  Just for accuracy, Project is available as a subscription. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/project/compare-microsoft-project-management-software https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/project/compar...
- canada_dry 6y ago
  > Project and Visio As a former IT Exec these were the two products that caused me the most significant end-user software budget headaches (in a 1K+ seat banking org)!! Clients who needed the odd flowchart or gantt chart HAD TO HAVE project or visio or else IT was denying them the ability to do their job!! It took quite some effort to get the culture shifted towards open-source alternatives that were good-enough and didn't line Microsoft's already golden pockets.
x87678r 6y ago
Home Use Program was great for so long I got used to it. There is no way I'd switch to a subscription, esp as no useful functionality is ever added.

kumarvvr 6y ago

Incredible. I hope the costs are reasonable. Would love a perpetually licensed version.

DobryMorozov 6y ago

I wish Libre Office could gain popularity. It should at least be used in university and government settings

anthk 6y ago

Just like the dumb terminal days, where you paid per use. Now with a monthly subscription, but the concept is the same except for the concept that your "terminal" runs the code locally.

selfhoster11 6y ago

Why are they being applauded for this? Having a perpetual license available for purchase at any time should be standard practice, not exceptional behaviour.

cartoonfoxes 6y ago
Ought != is. They should be applauded for this.

tomjuggler 6y ago

But will it work on Linux?