glc- I stand corrected, you are absolutely right about buying just the licence to use the software. However, having purchased this licence, under Microsoft proposals, I would have to continue paying an amount and at a frequency, determined by Microsoft.It is inevitable that the extra administrative costs would be passed on to the consumer;thus a business using an office utility software would pay a great deal more than the initial purchase price even if they had no need of regular updates.I know of several small companies happily surviving with a basic word pro pack on a 386 or 486. I suspect that Microsoft have spotted this, and the fact that they are not contributing to Microsoft profits, and have decided to try and raise revenue from this source.
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