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Microsoft is pissing everyone off with their new subscription plan. The plan costs more money than to upgrade once and awhile, and you are forced to upgrade when new versions are out. You are also locked into a contract.
One year ago this week, Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft announced a radical change in the way that businesses buy its software: Rather than simply being able to upgrade their software when they wanted to--and when their budgets allowed--companies would need to commit to buying operating-system and application upgrades ahead of time through an annual fee.[PAGEBREAK]
Just remember, even now you don't own the software if you buy it from Microsoft. They are just liscensing it to you, Microsoft still owns it. This is just one step further.
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Microsoft is pissing everyone off with their new subscription plan. The plan costs more money than to upgrade once and awhile, and you are forced to upgrade when new versions are out. You are also locked into a contract.
One year ago this week, Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft announced a radical change in the way that businesses buy its software: Rather than simply being able to upgrade their software when they wanted to--and when their budgets allowed--companies would need to commit to buying operating-system and application upgrades ahead of time through an annual fee.[PAGEBREAK]
Just remember, even now you don't own the software if you buy it from Microsoft. They are just liscensing it to you, Microsoft still owns it. This is just one step further.
News.com has more