3 ms·
Oh yes, the year of the Linux desktop will come
- jqpabc123 4y agoPure FUD. It's obvious that MS don't mind selling you a subscription to their software if it fits your needs --- and it may for a significant number of people. But the truth is, these same people are probably not candidates for stand alone Linux either. At the same time, it is equally obvious that making a subscription the only available option would be disasterous for them.
- CrankyBear 4y agoThat's not what MSFT is saying. See, for example: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/what-s-the-difference-between-microsoft-365-and-office-2021-ed447ebf-6060-46f9-9e90-a239bd27eb96 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/what-s-the-differ...
- jqpabc123 4y agoOffice 2021 is sold as a one-time purchase, which means you pay a single, up-front cost to get Office apps for one computer In other words, not a subscription as prognosticated in this FUD article.
- simonblack 4y agoSo tell me. When was it the 'The Year of Mercedes on the Highway'? Does the Question matter? Is that Question meaningless? Of course Every Year is the 'Year of Mercedes on the Highway'. It's just that not everybody actually does drive a Mercedes on the Highway. Of course, also, some of us DO involve ourselves with a Mercedes on the Highway. But it is irrelevant to us what those other users of the Highway happen to drive.