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Microsoft Office subscription plan sparks questions, and here are answers |
February 02, 2013
Microsoft this week launched the first two of its new pay-as-you-go subscription plans for Office.
The company's rarely-shy CEO Steve Ballmer called the sales approach "an entirely new way to think about the productivity experience," and predicted that the majority of the world's billion-and-counting Office users will eventually adopt software rental.
"People will love instant access to all their documents and settings across their devices," said Ballmer in a Tuesday blog. "They'll love staying connected to the people and information they care about. And they'll love having the latest version of Office at all times, because it simply updates without the hassle of purchasing and upgrading to a new version."
That's a whole lotta love.
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Link: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9236444/FAQ_Microsoft_rents_out_Office_365
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