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Microsoft announces Office 2013, Office 365 subscriptions pricing

• thechut 14y ago
  Interesting...they are going to try to get $100/year for what Google gives you for free.
  • CurtHagenlocher 14y ago
    It's not exactly comparable. The $100/year includes being able to use the desktop apps.
• fingerprinter 14y ago
  This feels like a huge pricing swing-and-miss. I'd NEVER pay that for home use. Particularly when Google Docs are there and for when Docs lets me down, LibreOffice. I actually opened MS Office for the first time in years the other day. Some thoughts. 1. It is an overly complicated app, still. 2. Google docs fulfills 95% of all my office needs, but when it doesn't, LibreOffice. 3. LibreOffice has come a long way and, despite all the flaws of LibreOffice, actually is all I need (and I'm a heavy doc/spreadsheet user). The last one is key. People have said for years that LibreOffice isn't good enough to replace MS Office. That might have been the case in 200x, but not anymore. For any app not named Outlook, I can't think of any reason to not use LibreOffice. I've not found a reason to be anywhere near MS Office in quite some time and that doesn't look likely to change.