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Microsoft is the Office company right now. A great many people run windows just to run Office. This is not a boat I would rock quite so hard just now if I were

• rednukleus 14y ago
  Office is more important to them now than Windows. I believe that they are pushing the subscription model hard so that people will pay monthly for Office as a cross platform solution. I hope they succeed in making Office cross platform, but I hate the subscription model and hope they fail in making that the norm.
  • Shorel 14y ago
    I, on the other hand, want them to succeed with the Office subscription model. Nothing will doom them so fast than constant predictable revenue. In fact, I think this will also help Office alternatives, as they could try a cheaper subscription. Nowadays any Office alternative has to be free, and this means almost no funds for development.
    • rednukleus 14y ago
      If Office alternatives can't charge a small one off fee, what makes you think they will be able to charge a subscription?
      • Shorel 14y ago
        Different business models are evaluated in a different way. A small one off fee is not a viable business model. You either have to charge small recurrently fees, or have a big one off fee to be able to sell to business. AFAIK, Google Apps for Business already charges a subscription for some customers.